“I don't pick my presidents because they were great presidents. I'm not much interested in ranking presidents and who is the best and who is the worst. I am much more inclined to be interested in them if they had an interesting life and if they were a complete person - and by that I mean they also had flaws and failings.” IfsMeanPersonsPresidentInterestingFailingWorstPicksFlawsRankingGreat PresidentsInteresting Life Author:David McCullough
“If I can get enough signatures, to present an apology to slavery, I will present it to the President. The House of Representatives has already passed the resolution for the apology, but it has to pass the Senate. I think, in spite of all our problems, I think we're in the right direction.” IfsThinkingI CanEnoughProblemHousePresidentSlaverySpiteResolutionSenateApologyRepresentativesSignaturesRight DirectionHouse Of Representatives Author:Kirk Douglas
“If the president is the head of the American body politic, Congress is its gastrointestinal tract. Its vast and convoluted inner workings may be mysterious and unpleasant, but in the end they excrete a great deal of material whose successful passage is crucial to our nation's survival. This is Congress's duty.” IfsMayEndsBodyNationsPresidentDealsSuccessfulMaterialsDutySurvivalCongressMysteriousCrucialPassagesConvoluted Author:Jon Stewart
“Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. Then Kissinger would go on TV the next night and say that the President had met you more than half-way.” IfsWayKindNightGuyNextPresidentHalfFeetTvsGoes OnMetsThirtyFiftyShoreRopeDrowningHalf WayKissinger Author:Mort Sahl
“Are the people who run for president really the best in a country of 240 million? If so, something has happened to the gene pool.” PeopleIfsCountryRunningPresidentMillionsHappenedPoolGenes Author:Bob McKenzie
“I think the president's quite comfortable being the underdog. I think he's happy to run this race from - as if he were behind the whole time.” IfsThinkingWholeRunningPresidentRaceBehindsComfortableUnderdog Author:Robert Gibbs
“The president made clear when he was a candidate for this office and when he took this office, that unfortunately prior to his taking office, because of the focus on Iraq, and the U.S. efforts there, that the original war, if you will, in Afghanistan had been neglected, the strategy there was unclear, and that it was not properly resourced.” IfsMadeWarPresidentEffortClearFocusOfficeOriginalsStrategyIraqCandidatesAfghanistanNeglectedUnclear Author:Jay Carney
“You essentially have a human-relations database on millions of Americans. The administration said, "Well we're not listening to calls, we don't collect content." As [Vice President] Joe Biden said when he was a United States senator, you don't need to listen to those calls. If you have who somebody called, when and where, and you learned, for example, somebody called a psychiatrist three times in the last few days and twice after midnight, you know a lot about that person that they may not want people to know about them, especially the government.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantNeedsHumansWellsMayPersonsSaidStatesGovernmentLastsThreePresidentUnitedMillionsUnited StatesExampleListeningRelationVicesAdministrationSenatorsMidnightThree TimesPsychiatristHuman RelationsVice PresidentBidenDatabases Author:Ron Wyden
“A President is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the Constitution.” IfsPresidentConstitution Author:James Madison
“If you go to the Lincoln Memorial, the Second Inaugural is probably the most religious speech ever given by an American President. In its 732 words, it references God 14 times and has two verses of the Bible.” IfsTwoGivenPresidentReligiousSpeechVersesMemorialAmerican PresidentInauguralLincoln Memorial Author:Newt Gingrich
“I intend to make America strong again. I'm going to be the champion of the middle class, where I came from. If you make me your president, our best days are ahead. I'm ready to be commander-in-chief, ladies and gentlemen, on day one. I intend to win a war that we cannot afford to lose.” IfsWarAmericaWinningStrongPresidentLosesClassMiddleReadyChiefsChampionGentlemanMiddle ClassCommandersCommander In ChiefLadies And Gentlemen Author:Lindsey Graham
“One of the things that will probably need to be addressed is in the treatment of history, i.e. the Presidential Papers Act. If they can act with impunity, if they know that what they're doing is not going to see the light of day anytime in their lifetime, if they have the right to withhold information from the public, then presidents are given a vastly freer hand.” IfsKnowsNeedsHandsLightGivenPresidentInformationPaperLifetimePresidentialTreatmentPapersImpunity Author:Ted Gup
“My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.” IfsGivingTodayPresidentEuropeObligation Author:Francois Hollande
“There are reports that if Joe Biden runs for president, he would promise to serve for only one term - because nothing says confidence like promising your presidency would be over quickly.” IfsWould BeRunningPresidentTermPromiseReportsPresidencyBiden Author:Jimmy Fallon
“President Obama awarded a National Medal of Arts to author Stephen King. You know, because if there's anyone who can relate to the story of a guy trapped in a mansion that's driving him insane, it's Obama.” IfsKnowsArtStoriesGuyPresidentKingsDrivingInsaneRelatePresident ObamaTrappedMedalMansions Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I'm offering myself up. I'm saying that if I have the background, the capability and the concern to do this and I'm doing this for the right reasons... but I'm not particularly interested in running for president, but I think I'd make a good president. Nowadays, the process has become much more important than I think it used to be.” IfsThinkingImportantReasonRunningUsedProcessPresidentConcernBackgroundsUsed To BeCapabilityOffering Author:Fred Thompson
“Mark my words.It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.” IfsWorldYearsSaidStatesAmericaRememberGuyPresidentUnitedWatchesUnited StatesMonthsSixStandingTestsMarkCrisisInternationalBrilliantBarackSenatorsUnited States Of AmericaSix MonthsThis GuyMettleJohn Kennedy Author:Joe Biden
“If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a very high level of consistency, and there is a sense that he is who he is. Obama's governing is completely consistent with the way he campaigned and the themes on which he campaigned, the issues he highlighted, the vision he shared.” IfsWayLooksRunningTodayRomancePresidentLevelsVisionIssuesMinutesThemeConsistentConsistencyGoverningHigh Level Author:David Axelrod
“Anywhere in the world if you see a president holding his chair tightly, that man is either a thief or a tyrant, and even worse than this, he is both!” IfsMenWorldPresidentChairsTyrantsThieves Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Donald Trump said that if President Obama releases his birth certificate, Trump will release his tax return. Obama said he won't run for a second term if Trump releases that thing on his head.” IfsSaidRunningPresidentTermReturnTrumpBirthTaxesReleasePresident ObamaCertificatesBirth CertificateTax Returns Author:Conan O'Brien
“NBC executives say that if Donald Trump does run for president, they will not renew The Apprentice. So some good may come out of this.” IfsMayDoeRunningPresidentTrumpExecutivesApprenticeNbc Author:Conan O'Brien
“Critics say it's illegal for Donald Trump to run for president while hosting a TV show. It's also illegal to run for president if your hair wasn't born in this country.” IfsCountryShowsRunningPresidentBornTvsHairTrumpCriticsIllegalTv Shows Author:Conan O'Brien
“It's starting to look like Donald Trump may be a serious presidential candidate. If you're in my line of work, Trump running for president for real is the greatest thing that has ever happened.” IfsLooksMayRealRunningPresidentLinesHappenedSeriousTrumpStartingPresidentialCandidatesPresidential CandidateUs President Author:Conan O'Brien
“Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he thinks it would be great if Donald Trump was president. Which is really weird because I thought Brady didn't like things that are filled with too much air.” IfsThinkingWould BePresidentToo MuchAirTrumpFilledTomsPatriotQuarterbackReally WeirdBrady Author:Conan O'Brien
“We owe something to the government to grow up in this great country. I'm tired of hearing people in the private sector talk like they don't owe the government anything. We do. This is a great country because we all pay into it. It's about time we all pay into it. ... If we paid the same amount of taxes we paid when Bill Clinton was president, I would be a happy guy, and the budget would be closer to balanced. You cannot give away money, whether you give it to rich or poor people. That's what George Bush did -- excuse me, trillions of dollars. You can't do that.” PeopleIfsGivingCountryGovernmentWould BeGuyGrowsPresidentPoorPayGrowing UpRichAmountTaxesPaidBillsTiredDollarsClintonExcuseHearingBudgetsBalancedPoor PeoplePrivate SectorI'm TiredExcuse MeGreat CountryRich Or Poor Author:Howard Dean
“Music can give you your dreams. It will teach you hard work, it will break your heart and make you so happy, you can't stand it. . . .I don't think I'd have been president if it hadn't been for music.” IfsThinkingGivingHeartHas BeensHardDreamPresidentTeachBreakHard WorkYour DreamsWorking ItBreak Your Heart Author:William J. Clinton
“I have said for a long time that I thought the president would be best served if the attorney general resigned so I think it's the right thing to do.” IfsThinkingLongSaidWould BePresidentLong TimeThings To DoRight ThingAttorneyResigned Author:John McCain