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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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• I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain things from the government.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Mean, Cutting, Government

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• All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Aggravation, Office, Effort

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• Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

  Jimmy Carter

  Memorable, Lakes, Sea

  Jimmy Carter (1994). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, p.35, University of Arkansas Press

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• I teach at USC, and it's obvious to anyone who teaches college students that they don't cover much modern history and certainly not the modern presidency.

  Robert Scheer

  Teaching, College, Usc

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• Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.

  Mick Jagger

  President, Actors, Want

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• Presidents are not permitted to have personal feelings.

  William J. Clinton

  Feelings, President, Personal Feelings

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2644, Best Books on

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• When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don't even want to be remembered as the first woman who happened to be black to make a bid for the Presidency I want to be remembered as a woman who fought for change in the twentieth century. That's what I want.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Black, Want, Firsts

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• I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I'm not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I'm equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests... I am the candidate of the people...

  Shirley Chisholm

  Country, America, People

  "African-American and Female in One Candidate". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 24, 2008.

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• I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency.

  Dan Quayle

  Congress, Jack Kennedy

  Vice-presidential candidates' debate, October 5, 1988.

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• Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground, I thought of him as a friend. Whenever I feel like escaping from the world of the Presidency, I think of him.

  Vaclav Havel

  Thinking, Escaping, World

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• Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation.

  Robert Teeter

  Christmas, Vacation, Together

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• The presidency is temporary - but the family is permanent.

  Yvonne de Gaulle

  Family, Permanent, Temporary

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• President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government.

  Mark Udall

  Leadership, Country, Integrity

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• No other President ever enjoyed the Presidency as I did.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Presidential, President, Enjoyed

  Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914”

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• Whether I serve one or two terms in the Presidency, I will find myself at the end of that period at what might be called the awkward age-too old to begin a new career and too young to write my memoirs.

  John F. Kennedy

  Writing, Careers, Two

  John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• The Presidency is not a bed of roses.

  James K. Polk

  Bed Of Roses, Rose, Bed

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• Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Honor, President

  Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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• No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.

  Eugene McCarthy

  Men, Political, Politics

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• This nation is daring and decent and ready for change.

  George W. Bush

  Daring, Ready For Change, Decent

  George W. Bush's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, abcnews.go.com. August 3, 2000.

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• The presidential news conference is indispensable because it is the only forum in our society where you can be questioned on a regular basis and held accountable.

  Helen Thomas

  Presidential, News, Our Society

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• Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive power - not by a longshot. But he has to be the first president in American history to overtly and consistently argue that he's empowered to legislate if Congress doesn'€™t pass the laws he favors. It's an argument that's been mainstreamed by partisans and cheered on by those in media desperate to find a morsel of triumph in this presidency.

  David Harsanyi

  Party, Media, Law

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