Quotes About Legacy

I think Barack Obama is a one-term President.

I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.

I'm overall a big fan of President Obama.

I think President Obama has been an extraordinarily successful president, and that this period will record that with a bunch of exclamation points. But obviously, not everybody thinks that.

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.

President Obama helped move this country forward.

The small moments I've had to talk with President Obama, I've told him, 'I get it.' His presidency was in some ways almost overshadowed by the fact that he was the first black president.

Comparing President Obama with the great leaders who have come before him is painful.

President Obama called me on his last day in office and said the only person who never asked him for anything was me.

While President Obama assumes that at their core the Republican leadership team is just trying to do what's best for America, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner assume that the president is cynically trying to secure his own reelection, power, and legacy.

Jay Z, Thierry Henry, and President Obama are three people I really respect.

Long after Donald Trump is no longer President Trump, I know there will still be a relationship there.

The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.

American presidential leadership never goes out of style.

In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence.

Bill Clinton's legacy on job creation should be assailed by none and admired by every presidential candidate who hopes to do the same.

Bad presidents don't deserve holidays. They deserve scorn.

You've all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character - one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five presidents of McDonald's.

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together.

It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents.

Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.

We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.

American presidents get to make lots of choices, with one critical exception: what awaits them in the in-box on top of the desk in the Oval Office.