Presidency Quotes

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.

Israel is a true friend. It is our greatest ally in the region. And if Israel is attacked, America will stand with Israel. I've made that clear throughout my presidency.

The U.S. came to understand that Bhutto was not a threat to stability but was instead the only possible way that we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.

What this [presidency] campaign is about this bringing millions of people jobs in this country.

Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the Presidency.

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.

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

I don't think that the United States are ready for a presidency as the one of Obama, at least because he would be the first black president.

This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency

The First Month of the Buhari Presidency has been far, far from inspiring

I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.

When you have 4,000 people killed in Chicago by guns, from the beginning of the presidency of Barack Obama, his hometown, you have to have stop-and-frisk.

I have great respect for the office of the presidency and I really do believe that Donald Trump wants to do a good job.

We are asking the wrong question. The issue is not who should be trusted with all the power of the Presidency. Instead, we must ask how much power any candidate can be trusted with.

As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated by the presidency of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton University.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most influential woman in Washington - for what she has accomplished and for what she may yet do: win the presidency.

The presidency is temporary - but the family is permanent.

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 Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure.

[George W.] Bush's presidency was one of the great nightmares of my life to date.

In 2004, I joined my father, John Kerry, on the trail in his bid for the United States presidency.

You have an imperial presidency that makes Richard Nixon look like a boy scout.

What actually happened during the Clinton presidency? No one can remember anything about it except the bimbos, the lies, and the felonies

Hillary Clinton has secured her place in history. She is the first woman to lead a major party's quest for the presidency.

There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.

My presidency is not over. I've got another five years coming up.

The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray.

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.

Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As somebody who had run to end a large troop presence overseas.

I'm not going to Wall Street [after the presidency]. The amount of time that I'll be investing in issues is going to be high. But it'll be necessarily in a different capacity.

When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.

A political candidacy built around hope and change and compromise would eventually become a presidency of crisis and confrontation.

There's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for change during the course of my presidency, saw what was possible.

I'm confident that America's foreign policy rebalance to the region will endure beyond my presidency because it's in the national interest of the United States.

Angela Merkel has been an extraordinary partner for me and for the United States throughout my presidency.

NATO was a wonderful idea. It was formed in 1949. We are as far away from NATO as NATO was when it was done in time from the presidency of Grover Cleveland.

Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character.

[Voters] are trying to make up their mind on who has a better plan for the economy, whose presidency would more positively impact my life?

I believe only foreigners should run for president...Face it, the presidency is a lousy job. And who does lousy jobs we don't want anymore better than foreigners?

You can disagree, but it's a personal belittling attack which is beneath the dignity of the presidency.

In what might be a motto of those who sought the presidency and lost, Ted Kennedy once said, "Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is."

I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people, and nowhere to go but the White House or home.

The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people.

I'm running [ for presidency] because we need to take our country back.

The presidency of Barack Obama is a case study in stupid does.

I think a Donald Trump presidency sets up an Elizabeth Warren ascendancy. And it not Elizabeth Warren, someone of her ilk. And I think that's dreadful.

Donald Trump you're never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency.

With our financial house on fire, Obama makes clear both in in his speech and his budget that the essence of his presidency will be the transformation of health care, education and energy.