President Quotes

My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.

Every President wants to do right.

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

A President must call on many persons--some to man the ramparts and to watch the far away, distant posts; others to lead us in science, medicine, education and social progress here at home.

I believe that white frame house is worthy of more than a nod of nostalgia, because the values President Clinton learned there and in Hope formed the core of his political philosophy.

Well we're good friends so I'm a little prejudice, but I think [Hillary Clinton] is incredibly qualified, and better prepared to be president than almost anyone who's ever run frankly.

Donald Trump is the president. It's not a bad dream. It really happened. It's like being dumped by a lover and also being stuck in a nightmare.

President John F. Kennedy died at approximately 1:00 CST today, here in Dallas. He died of a gunshot wound to the brain. I have no other details regarding the assassination of the president.

When Dwight Eisenhower became president, I personally was delighted. I thought that that was a very good thing.

No president ever had more power than [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt.

Even the president is watching the fight.

There was tremendous animus to President [Barack] Obama. Many of people said he was un-American, not a Christian and worse.

It is profoundly important to honor President Johnson's historic contributions to justice and democracy - and to appreciate how hard he fought for the rights of every Texan and every American.

Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other.

I really - as I said, I wanted to be President of the United States. It didn't turn out that way.

The best thing that could happen for the president Donald Trump, and the country, is a full and credible investigation.

Presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that moment.

If you vote against the Defense Authorization Act in the Senate, you would also veto it as president.

This president [Barack Obama] is undermining our military. This president is more interested in funding Planned Parenthood than in funding the military.

I'm running for president because I want to change the direction of this country, and it will require me for the time being to miss some votes in the U.S.

I'm running for president because there's no way we can elect Hillary Clinton to continue the policies.

I am as conservative as anyone running in this [president's] race, but I am a conservative that can win. That's a big deal.

Well, who's going to be fired when Ted Cruz is president? Because this campaign now has repeatedly done things that they have to apologize for and no one's ever held accountable.

Certainly being governor is an important job, and there are quality governors that could serve our country as president and have done so in the past.

I think it is time for all babies to let us know who they want for president.

If someone is doing something crazy - or what I think is crazy - I'm watching, but also am I keeping the actual seriousness of someone actually running for president in my mind all the time?

So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might have been.

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me.

So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We dont need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.

President Obama's actions are an unconscionable betrayal of America's fundamental values and a profound insult to the oppressed Cuban people.

I cannot personally imagine any U.S. president normalizing relations with him [Fidel Castro], as opposed to his brother, but I may prove wrong on this score.

No one should be surprised that in the balance between national security and civil liberties, President [Donald] Trump, like candidate Trump wants to be more aggressive.

Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority, and they did it.

The president has to have the trust, earn the trust, maintain the trust of people in order to lead. And there's nothing that will lose it quicker than a sense that he's in it for a quick buck.

All politics is personal with President Trump. And that carries with it great, great problems.

I think she [Hillary Clinton] would be far superior to President [Barack] Obama, who is basically remote, aloof and not involved with - he doesn't deal with members of Congress.

Mitt Romney looks like a president. I mean, he really does.

How ridiculous! You're going to have the first black president apologize for slavery?

The president has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet.

Being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: there are many people under you, but no one is listening

We are working hard to build a service that everyone, everywhere can use, whether they are a person, a company, a president or an organisation working for change

We have a black President in the United States. I think the world has matured. It's no longer about colour, but the person in the skin.

President-elect [Donald] Trump has promised a safe zone, a humanitarian zone [in Syria].

One thing is clear, the president of North Vietnam is not a fanatic. He is a very strong and determined man, but capable of listening, something that is very rare in a person of his position.

Trump is the freely elected president of the U.S. and as such deserves respect.

I take note of the fact that there are a lot of people who appreciate what I do as parliament president, not just within my Social Democratic party group, but also among the conservatives.

I think I'm known as a liberal democrat and Hispanic and a practicing Catholic, but I never really went out of my way specifically to play a president or any kind of leader.

I have a really amazing fan club, it's contemporary but it's a little bit old school. There's a lot of connection. I have a fan club president who really responds to people.

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.