Quotes About Authority

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

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

The president is expected to follow the rules just like everybody else.

I am president and do not have the right to give in to emotions. I have bad moods, very bad moods, but I never feel despair.

Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

I'm the only president you've got.

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

At least she's the president of something, which is more than I can say.

President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.

The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.

Only Congress can amend the law, not President Obama nor the courts.

President Trump is President Trump. He is the commander-in-chief. He can roll things out however he wants.

President Trump is doing what he can to act decisively. And if there's one thing most people have in mind in distinguishing the business world from the political world is that the CEO of a business can act decisively.

No one has done more to advance the rule of law than President Trump.

I'll always respect that institution of the presidency, and I'll respect President Trump.

The leaders of Fox News will never say this out loud, but they believe that their media empire is bigger than President Trump.

Presidential powers are not exercised by a body or group. The Constitution vests 'all executive power' in one and only one person - the president.

I think that less presidential interference the better.

American presidential leadership never goes out of style.

I think you have to be concerned about any presidential executive order because it has the power of law until it's knocked down by an act of Congress or a court.

No one can change the definition of what behavior is presidential because that definition fundamentally depends on what our form of government requires, not on what one individual prefers.

I don't doubt that there are many presidential acts that would constitute obstructions of justice if anyone but the president engaged in them but which constitute legitimate exercises of presidential power when the president engages in them.

The Founders deliberately limited presidential authority.

For presidential power to meaningfully expand, it is not enough for a president to simply make a power grab.