18 Quotes Tagged: presidency

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

It’s clearly a budget. It’s got lots of numbers in it.

For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

Whatever the verdict on my presidency, I’m comfortable with the fact that I won’t be around to hear it. That’s a decision point only history will reach.

Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?

I believe in (the American) people. I believe that people are more good than bad. I believe tragic things happen. I think there's evil in the world. But I think that at the end of the day, if we work hard, and if we're true to those things in us that feel true and feel right, that, the world gets a little better each time. That's what this presidency is trying to be about. And I see that in the young people i work with. This is not just drama-obama. This is what I really believe.

No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years of torment and hatred.

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

... When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions.

"The important thing is the presidency," Nixon continued. "If need be, save the presidency from the President."

The most important thing you need to do [in this job] is to have big chunks of time during the day when all you’re doing is thinking.

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

The President was trapped – and with nearly every president, it had come about from his own words. Presidential promises and statements… The people had this annoying way of remembering them. And even if they didn't, there were journalists and political rivals never passed on a chance to make the necessary reminders.

To vastly improve your country and truly make it great again, start by choosing a better leader. Do not let the media or the establishment make you pick from the people they choose, but instead choose from those they do not pick.

The purpose of the presidency is not the glorification of the president. It is the unification of the American people.