Presidency Quotes - Page 4

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

Bill Vaughan

Political, Vices, Doe

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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.

Jack Welch

Running, Leader, United States

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The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins - is another sad reminder of the extreme political polarization distorting today's politics. No one talks about a 50-state strategy for winning the presidency these days.

Juan Williams

Winning, Presidential, Political

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When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

Bob Woodward

Essence, Decision, Political

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When I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, 'One day I could be the president. I think I am good material for the presidency.' Not at all.

Jacob Zuma

Thinking, One Day, President

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America is too great for small dreams.

Ronald Reagan

Dream, 4th Of July, America

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The whole framework of the presidency is getting out of hand. It's come to the point where you almost can't run unless you can cause people to salivate and whip each other with big sticks. You almost have to be a rock star to get the kind of fever you need to survive in American politics.

Hunter S. Thompson

Running, Stars, Rocks

"Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72". Book by Hunter S. Thompson, 1973.

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No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.

John Adams

Men, Office, Presidential

Letter to Josiah Quincy, 14 Feb. 1825

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Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches.

Saul Bellow

School, Politics, Firsts

"The Portable Curmudgeon". Book by Jon Winokur, p. 219, 1987.

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Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.

George McGovern

Running, Men, Politics

"George McGovern Dies at 90, a Liberal Trounced but Never Silenced" by Asawin Suebsaeng, www.nytimes.com. October 21, 2012.

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Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

Abraham Lincoln

Self Esteem, Thinking, Self Respect

"The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln".

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In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference.

Dan Quayle

Golf, Differences, Vices

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I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.

Abraham Lincoln

Thinking, Feelings, Civil War

Letter to Albert G. Hodges, 4 Apr. 1864

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But I'm mindful in a free society that people can worship if they want to or not. You're equally an American if you choose to worship an Almighty and if you choose not to. If you're a Christian, Jew or Muslim you're equally an American. That's the great thing about America is the right to worship the way you see fit. Prayer and religion sustain me. I receive calmness in the storms of the presidency. I love the fact that people pray for me and my family all around the country. Somebody asked me one time, how do you know? I said I just feel it.

George W. Bush

Faith, Christian, Country

Transcript of Third Presidential Debate at Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., www.washingtonpost.com. October 13, 2004.

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Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest men, with understanding sufficient for their stations. No duty is at the same time more difficult to fulfil. The knowledge of character possessed by a single individual is of necessity limited. To seek out the best through the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect.

Thomas Jefferson

Honesty, Character, Men

Letter to Elias Shipman and Merchants of New Haven, July 12, 1801.

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In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House, the residence of the leaders of our country. At that time, commercial electricity was not economically feasible, but President Harrison wanted to affirm his confidence in the technological capability of our country.

Jimmy Carter

Country, Technology, White

United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1979). “Jimmy Carter”

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All of our miseries are nothing but attachment. Our whole ignorance and darkness is a strange combination of a thousand and one attachments. And we are attached to things which will be taken away by the time of death, or even perhaps before. You may be very much attached to money but you can go bankrupt tomorrow. You may be very much attached to your power and position, your presidency, your prime ministership, but they are like soap bubbles. Today they are here, tomorrow not even a trace will be left.

Rajneesh

Taken, Ignorance, Attachment

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I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.

Barack Obama

Country, Mean, Safe Haven

"Obama outlines ISIS strategy: Airstrikes in Syria, more U.S. forces". Nationally televised address, edition.cnn.com. September 11, 2014.

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There have been at least three other cases in which federal agencies have succeeded in placing fake news reports on television during the Bush presidency. It was a really good tour. It seemed maybe about a week too long.

Frank Rich

Fake People, Agency, Long

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Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.

David S. Broder

Trust, Years, Two

Washington Post 18 July 1973, p. A 25

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My husband is not running for the presidency, neither are my children, neither is our business, neither are our foster children.

Michele Bachmann

Running, Children, Husband

"Michele Bachmann and the Politics of Stonewalling" by Tim Murphy, www.motherjones.com. August 8, 2011.

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Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to do harm. As his war-strewn presidency shows, George Bush knows nothing about ahimsa and non-violence. Bush should reconsider this cynical, disrespectful display of symbolism.

Kevin Martin

War, Men, Symbolism

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No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation and the presidency - a nation I so deeply love and an institution I so greatly respect.

Richard M. Nixon

Pain, Regret, War

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As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the Greeks. I'll define it again: the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. I find, therefore, that the Presidency provides some happiness.

John F. Kennedy

Happiness, Jobs, Greek

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Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.

Paul Begala

President, Lasts, Months

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