Presidency Quotes - Page 8

• 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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• 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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• 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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• Not a chance. I don't know what Sarah (Palen)'s doing, (but) I have no desire to be president of the United States, zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable.

  Glenn Beck

  Zero, Thinking, Desire

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• My proudest accomplishment was that I never dropped a bomb, fired a bullet, or shot a missile.

  Jimmy Carter

  Accomplishment, Bombs, Bullets

  Former President Jimmy Carter address to the students and community members at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium, February 16, 2011.

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• When I leave the office on January 20th, I will leave even more idealistic than I was the day I took the oath of office.

  William J. Clinton

  Oath Of Office, January, Idealistic

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2632, Best Books on

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• The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our nation.

  Rahm Emanuel

  President, Culture, Moments

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• I expect it is very possible that I would make as good a President as a great many men who are talked of for that position.

  Warren G. Harding

  Men, President, Position

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• If the President does it, it can't be illegal.

  Richard M. Nixon

  President, Doe, Illegal

  "Memo to Sunday Talkers: Please Get the Answers the American People Cannot" by Rep. John Conyers, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 7, 2006.

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• Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas imposed upon them by events.

  Dick Morris

  Years, President, Agendas

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• The job is nothing but a twenty-ring circus-with a whole lot of bad actors.

  Herbert Hoover

  Jobs, Actors, Circus

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• Excellence does not begin in Washington.

  Ronald Reagan

  Excellence, Doe

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• One day we will look back and realize that the Barack Obama Presidency was the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people.

  Clint Eastwood

  People, One Day, Looks

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• It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.

  Russ Feingold

  Patriotic, President, Resolve

  "A Senator Without Constituents". Interview with Mark Byrne, www.gq.com. February 20, 2012.

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• There was a feeling during the years of George W. Bushs presidency that his gracelessness as well as his appetite for war were linked to his impatience with complexity. He acted from the gut, and was economical with the truth until it disappeared.

  Teju Cole

  War, Years, Feelings

  Teju Cole (2016). “Known and Strange Things”, p.180, Faber & Faber

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• Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is qualified for leadership, when it comes to posts of authority such as presidency, Muslim scholars unanimously agree that it is impermissible for a woman to assume such a post because in this case she is in charge of her people's affairs.

  Yusuf al-Qaradawi

  Men, Rights, People

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• The consequences of President Johnsons campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself.

  Eric Alterman

  Military, Party, Deception

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• The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.

  Mike Pence

  Running, Government, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American progress since the Civil War and Civil Rights Acts but that his presidency would result in doors opening in the halls of power as had never been seen before by black America.

  Douglas Wilder

  War, Rights, Doors

  "Obama or Clinton better for blacks?" by Douglas Wilder, www.politico.com. December 12, 2011.

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• Don't any of you realize there's only one life between that madman and the Presidency?

  Mark Hanna

  Government, Realizing, Madmen

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• Barack Obamas official nomination as the Democratic Partys standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party nominee, Obama is carrying a big load on his shoulders. Hes holding the hopes and dreams of a lot of folks who thought the presidency was only reserved for white men.

  Chuck Todd

  Dream, Party, Men

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