Quotes on President

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.

I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate.

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.

You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us.

I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.

While the question of who killed President Kennedy is important, the question 'what killed him' is more important.

Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including vice president, that I am more proud to wear than that of a senator of the United States.

I'm not just a candidate, I'm the President

Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't keep up with inflation on things like food and health care -- the basics that we need to live. In short, 'chained CPI' is just a fancy way to say 'cut benefits for seniors, the permanently disabled, and orphans.'

I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.

No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.