Quotes of: President Keyword

The problems afflicting a nation are always in equal measure spiritual crises.

Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President

A brick is what I’m voting for for President. And guess what? If you’re voting for a Republican or Democrat, so are you. 

Brick and Blanket

Here is the solution to the American drug problem suggested a couple years back by the wife of our President: "Just say no.

Bluebeard

The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future workers under age 55 will have their promised retirement benefits cut.

Mark Dayton

In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception of the atomic age into the most mythologized event in American history.

Stewart Udall

By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.

Edward Livingston

President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.

William Westmoreland

They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

We can all agree that children are ugly.

I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President

Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.

Revolution

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Screening History

When they ask me to become president of the United States I'm going to say, "Except for Washington D.C.

Spy Hook

The president of the US is the leader of the free world, if by free world you mean the country with the largest prison system.

Sleepwalking is restercise

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...

Obama's Wars

If we take the president of GM, they'll make us pay to give him back." (said by a kidnapper)

The Professionals

All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues.

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

If Congress can move President's Day, Columbus Day and, alas, Martin Luther King's Birthday celebration for the convenience of shoppers, shouldn't they at least consider moving Election Day for the convenience of voters?

Andrew Young

Washington's birthday is worthy of celebration - he is one of the greatest men in history. But Washington himself would likely have seen celebration of the office of the presidency itself as monarchic in nature.

Ben Shapiro

Look, I'm a huge supporter of Obama's - he's the first president I ever donated money to. But I think in terms of climate change and the environment, he's been, at best, disappointing.

Chris Noth

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice.

David Petraeus

In Plains, I saw Jimmy Carter as he really is - a nice, decent man... in terms of compassionate contribution to society, he certainly has proven to be our best past president.

Helen Thomas