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Quotes about Presidents
Quotes about presidents and from presidents about politics and their policies.
He should be a master politician who is above politics.
James David Barber
Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
David S. Broder
American democracy has revived the oldest political institution of the race, the elective kingship.
Henry Jones Ford
I hope you will perfectly easy about having nominated me; don't be troubled about it; I forgive you.
Abraham Lincoln
The President is there in the White House for you, it is not you who are here for him.
Walt Whitman
A President should not go around telling the world he is in charge of his administration. If he has to do that, he will only reinforce doubts on that score.
Laurence I. Barrett
Being president is like running a cemetery; you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.
Bill Clinton
If the economy is good, the President could be having sex with a horse [and nobody would care].
Bill Maher
The president's ability to place his views before the public is important primarily because he can usually set the terms of the national debate--and anyone who can set the terms of a debate can win it.
George E. Reedy
A President's success if measured by his domestic and international achievements, not by his popularity in the polls.
Richard M. Nixon
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