Quotes About President

I thought it was a joke at first, but the president did, in fact, authorize an autopen to sign the Patriot Act extension into law. Consider the dangerous precedent this sets. Any number of circumstances could arise in the future where the public could question whether or not the president authorized the use of an autopen.

The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault.

To be completely honest, I don't believe that Palin has any intention of actually running for president. Granted, trying to predict Sarah Palin's next move is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall.

One of the most depressing things about President Donald Trump's decision to roll back elements of the Cuba opening is how predictable it was.

I have nothing wrong with comics and writers poking fun at the President, as long as it's funny. When it's the same retread jokes with predictable punchlines, that's when it's offensive.

Two years before the last election you nor anyone else would have predicted that Barack Obama was going to get elected president of the United States.

I always figured I would live long enough to see a black president. The movies predicted it. Usually, Morgan Freeman.

The reality is that our Founders always predicted that one day there would be a president like Trump, and that's why they designed the system of government the way they designed it.

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president.

That's the premise of the Saudi Arabians. He's holding the president's hand with one. In the other hand, he's got his hand in the pocket of American consumers.

Especially when it comes to national security, there is a premium on an administration speaking clearly, consistently and precisely, starting with the president.

Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder.

Even Toni Morrison claiming Bill Clinton as 'black' could not prepare us for the election of America's first undeniably black president, Barack Obama.

I did not become president to be popular. To work, to lead, to protect and preserve our country, our people, that is why I became president.

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.

As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.

The role of president, as George W. Bush commented in 2000, requires vision, management, and an eye for talent - not so different from that of CEO. But during the first years of Carter's presidency, his Cabinet was anything but businesslike, beset by infighting and meetings that ambled.

Fundamentally, the office of the presidency and its very first responsibility is to protect us as Americans and tell us how that commander in chief is going to execute on it.

If I don't run for president, we'll all be OK.

I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

We don't let criminals serve in our office as president.

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

If I am elected president we will secure the border and we will end the illegal immigration.

I learned more in 11 months in running for president than I did in 12 years of school.