Quotes About Presidents

Do you notice that all presidents have a dog? There is always a First Dog. Or two or three. You have to have a dog to be president, I guess.

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.

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to advise and consent to the appointment of all Cabinet officials. They should take that duty seriously.

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

I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama.

Of course, presidents are always blamed or rewarded for the state of the economy.

Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.

I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.

Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.

Since 1775, when the first Continental Congress called for a national day of prayer, there have been such events called for by almost every President. I saw the figures - 34 out of 44 Presidents have called for a national day of prayer. Some of those who didn't have died in office.

At the start of first terms, presidents invariably have a measure of goodwill.

Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

As far as I know, all the presidents know about Area 51. It would almost be impossible for them not to.

Back in 1948, a monomaniac called Korczak resolved to impose Crazy Horse's likeness upon a mountain. It took 50 years to complete the head, which measures 90ft from crown to chin. By comparison, the four presidents at Mt Rushmore seem modest.

When the going gets tough in Washington, presidents appoint 'blue ribbon' commissions.

Americans almost never elect presidents on the basis of foreign policy.

Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust.

Presidents Truman and Nixon left office under dark clouds of scandal and with abysmal levels of support, but with the passage of time, both have been reassessed far more positively.

The Cold War is over. The kind of authority that the presidents asserted during the Cold War has now been diminished.

Every year since 1990, the Gallup poll has asked Americans to assess all the presidents since John F. Kennedy. And every year, Kennedy comes out on top.