“Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.” NeedsPresidentPsychologicalPresidencyPsychological Needs Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
“There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.” EyeTermActivityEssentialsPresidency Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
“Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burdens of the office outweigh its privileges. Its not because the Presidency offers a chance to be somebody, but because it offers a chance to do something.” WantTodayPresidentChanceAnswersOffersFameOfficeGloryPrivilegeBurdenPresidency Author:Richard M. Nixon
“I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people, and nowhere to go but the White House or home.” PeopleStatesHomeFallHouseWhiteUnitedUnited StatesJudgmentWhite HousePresidencyFall BackNowhere To Go Author:Bob Dole
“I have heard Mr. Romney's speech's many times on television and the radio and I have even read his book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness and I must say that out of all the gentleman running for the presidency Mr. Romney is, in my opinion, the best one to fit the bill.” BookRunningOpinionCasesHeardGreatnessTelevisionFitSpeechBillsRadioGentlemanApologyPresidencyRomneyAmerican Greatness Author:Angela Lansbury
“Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong.” PeopleMomentsBigsViewsMediaPersonalityOfficeImportanceMadnessClintonSignificanceConventionalPresidencyConventional WisdomOval Author:Alastair Campbell
“The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president.” PeopleIdeasGivenPresidentResponsibilityClearOfficeAppreciateIndependentPresidencyMandates Author:Michael D. Higgins
“Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins.” InspirationalWinningCampaignsBarackUnusualPresidencyDisappointingExhilarating Author:Joe Klein
“There has been a cultural shift. It is difficult to measure all that right now, but Chilean women have seen my presidency as a source of pride. Women are performing in jobs in Chile now that 20 or 30 years ago nobody would have dared to imagine.” YearsHas BeensJobsDifficultImagineSourcePrideRight NowYears AgoPerformingPresidencyChileChileans Author:Michelle Bachelet
“I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.” PeopleTurnsEmpoweringPresidency Author:Corazon Aquino
“Sarah Palin may have chosen to not answer the call for the presidency, but make no mistake, the principles that garnered her the unique support she enjoyed continue to inform and drive the base that lifted her.” MayAnswersMistakePrinciplesSupportUniqueChosenEnjoyedPresidencyPalin Author:Tammy Bruce
“I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.” GovernmentRunningDifficultPresidency Author:Lloyd Cutler
“Well, one of the things a lot of Americans don't know, when Mitt Romney is nominated a few days from now, he will be the most experienced executive to be nominated for the presidency since Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, who had run a university and had run the allied war effort. That's actually a big deal.” KnowsWellsWarBigsRunningDealsEffortUniversityExecutivesPresidencyBig DealRomneyDwightDwight Eisenhower Author:Artur Davis
“Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of all is elected by a minority of the votes.” FirstsWellsKindSeemsParticularModelsVoteMinoritiesPresidency Author:David Herbert Donald
“Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned.” FirstsPlayPresidentResultsRolesUniqueFirst TimeDemocraticPresidencyOutrageResignedWatergate Author:Samuel Dash
“The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published in a new book by Bouthaina Shaaban, who spent ten years as Hafez's interpreter and is still an adviser to his son Bashar.” YearsStillsBookSpeakInformationSonTenMinistryPresidencyAdviserNew BooksInterpreterArchivesConfidential Author:Robert Fisk
“Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family, and a strong national defense. These three legs do not merely represent a political coalition; they are three necessary components of a strong and secure America.” GovernmentAmericaPoliticalThreeStrongLegsDefenseSecurePlatformsPresidencyComponentsCoalitionsNational DefenseFaith And FamilySmaller GovernmentThree Legs Author:Frank Gaffney
“Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency.” YearsLooksDoeHas BeensRepublicanConservativePresidency Author:Jonah Goldberg
“The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is older through the evolutionary process, who came first?” FirstsProcessArgumentPhilosophicalEggsPresidencyNigeriaHens Author:Goodluck Jonathan
“The presidency is not an office job. If I only sit in the office in Dar es Salaam I'm not running the country.” JobsOfficePresidencyOffice Jobs Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country.” NeedsTryingCountryWould BeFightingStrongLibertyDefenseOur CountryLiberalismPatrioticPresidencyDefendersTrying Times Author:William Kristol