Top 1200 Presidents Day Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

Just as crises can provide a test of anyone's character, they do so especially with presidents.

Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man.

Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second, is that not enough for you? They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.

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

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House.

Under our Constitution, presidents have something called 'veto power.

Great presidents don't just fight good fights - they win them.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

I believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world.

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

I think that the great presidents have always been a little more clever.

Presidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed.

Presidents are evaluated not by what they did by the stroke of their own pen; it's what they persuade Congress to do.

I think all presidents should take the long view of history.

We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it.

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more.

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

All of the American presidents, certainly all of the notable ones, have been pretty original.

There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.

Marijuana was a new phenomenon when we started. Now it's for everyone - doctors, lawyers, presidents.

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll.

Presidents tend to tinker, you know, and mess everything up.

Most presidents have not considered 100 days a significant milepost.

Nonetheless, so whether it's unconstitutional or not [for judges to overruling presidents], I leave to others.

An important governorship used to be the best springboard for would-be presidents.

I really think it's important for presidents to exit the stage gracefully.

Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.

Presidents fall into second-term slumps for different reasons.

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had.

Weak presidents are neither respected nor electorally rewarded by their publics.

The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it.

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

I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.

There are a lot of women that I think are very powerful and would be great presidents.

Presidents today spend more time speaking than they do reading or thinking.

Bad presidents make for great music, and I'm gonna do my best to provide it.

I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.

I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors.

What people can't possibly imagine is what it's like to have two presidents who have a relationship as father and son.

I share the Presidents commitment to fighting and winning the war on terrorism.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

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

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

If you're seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You're just fighting different kinds of battles -

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.

I get to deal with presidents and prime ministers and - and employees from tellers on up. And I love it.

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

Remember, it is not about voting for the perfect candidate - there is no such thing. Presidents are human.

I'm of the minority opinion that presidents should be given more power for less time.

We've had erratic, weird presidents before. America's still here.

Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.

I'm a little uncomfortable with the idea of judges overruling presidents on national security matters.

I fundamentally believe in term limits, for Congress, presidents, and board members.

Occasionally, you see presidents come in and provide a clear change in direction of leadership.