“Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.” KnowsMadeEnoughJobsUnderstandingPresidentMistakeRolesDimensionsSolemnSymbolicMandates Author:Nicolas Sarkozy
“The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.” PresidentRolesBreakVicesTiesSenateVice President Author:John McCain
“The president's personal staff has a unique role.” PresidentRolesUniqueUniquenessStaff Author:Colin Powell
“I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the traditions of the Senate despite my too-short internship in that great body. As President, within the limits of basic principles, my motto toward the Congress is communication, conciliation, compromise, and cooperation.” KnowsLoveWellsBodyHouseProcessPresidentPrinciplesRolesCommunicationLimitsTraditionCongressDespiteCompromiseCooperationSenateRepresentativesMottoToo ShortBasic PrinciplesMy MottoHouse Of RepresentativesInternships Author:Gerald R. Ford
“I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity.” PeopleTryingTwoPeacePresidentVisionRolesConscienceBasesProsperityTwo ThingsConsidering Author:Boris Trajkovski
“Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass.” GovernmentPresidentRolesConstitutionCongressBranchesMutualPermitJointsMutual Respect Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961
“I think the Supreme Court has, as an equal branch of government, the ability to overrule Congress and the president. But I also feel it's the role of the Congress and the president to push back. I mean I think it's important that they are understood as equal branches of government.” ThinkingFeelsMeanImportantGovernmentPresidentAbilityRolesEqualUnderstoodCourtCongressSupremeBranchesSupreme CourtBranches Of GovernmentCongress And The President Author:Rick Santorum
“After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.” PeoplePresidentAcceptingRolesActivityLimitsIranDepartureLeadership Roles Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks, how should the president respond? Now these are important parts of America's role in the world, but they are essentially reactive and tactical. The broader challenge is to lay down a longer-term strategy that endures after the crisis of the moment.” WorldShouldImportantMomentsAmericaAsksPresidentTermChallengesAttentionRolesBreakStreetsPolicyManagementCrisisStrategyLaysEndureCommandForeign PolicyEgyptRevoltBreak OutLibyaTacticalCrisis ManagementKiev Author:Fareed Zakaria
“President's personal staff has a unique role. They're his intimate personal advisers, and the tradition and the precedent has been, even when I was national security adviser, that people in that position do not testify before the Congress. They talk to the Congress. They have meetings with the Congress.” PeopleHas BeensPresidentRolesSecurityPositionUniqueTraditionMeetingsCongressIntimateStaffNational SecurityPrecedentAdviser Author:Colin Powell
“The U.S. has become a defacto one-party state, with the legislative branch permanently controlled by an incumbent's party and every president exploiting his role as Commander-in-Chief to expand on the imperial prerogatives of his office.” StatesPresidentPartyRolesOfficeChiefsBranchesControlledCommandersCommander In ChiefIncumbentsPrerogativeLegislative Branch Author:Andrew Bacevich
“Even the White House is weighing in on the deflate-gate scandal. Yesterday they encouraged Tom Brady to 'be mindful of the way he serves as a role model.' And then President Obama stuffed out his cigarette and went golfing at noon on a weekday.” WayHousePresidentWhiteRolesModelsYesterdayGatesWhite HouseRole ModelsPresident ObamaTomsCigaretteScandalNoonGolfingWeighingBradyWeekdays Author:Jimmy Fallon
“It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends.” YearsImportantChoicesFoundSoundPresidentInterestPrinciplesRolesTalentDutyStandardsCourtSupremeFulfillingSupreme CourtBehalfSeriousnessReducingJudicialWhimDeferencePertinentAbdication Author:George Will
“What's funny about that office is it's entirely dependent on how close you are to the president, because the president decides what your role will be. If you get on with the president, that's great; if you fall out with the president, power can go away.” IfsFallPresidentRolesOfficeDependentGoing Away Author:Armando Iannucci
“If you asked central casting in Hollywood for somebody to play the role of President, they'd send you John Connally.” IfsArtPlayPresidentRolesHollywoodEntertainmentCasting Author:Phil Crane
“Playing the president is interesting because, unlike a lot of different roles, people pay so close attention to who the president is, all of them, everybody's got an opinion about the president.” PeopleDifferentPresidentInterestingPayAttentionOpinionRoles Author:Bill Pullman
“I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.” PeopleThinkingFirstsChildrenCarePresidentRolesFailingHusbandMajorsTake CareFirst Lady Author:Jackie Kennedy
“President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's religion in making the case for her to skeptical conservatives, triggering a debate over what role, if any, her evangelical faith should play in the confirmation battle.” IfsShouldSaidPlayHousePresidentWhiteRolesCasesBattleCourtDebateYesterdaySupremeAppropriateWhite HouseSupreme CourtSkepticalPresident BushEvangelicalConfirmationInvoke Author:Peter Baker
“I don't have the illusion that there's any position or role in the world with as much potential for bringing about change as that of president of the United States.” WorldStatesPresidentUnitedRolesUnited StatesPositionIllusion Author:Al Gore
“We need a return to transparency and a system of checks and balances, to a president who respects Congress' role of oversight and accountability.” NeedsPresidentRolesReturnBalanceCongressChecksAccountabilityTransparencyOversight Author:Hillary Clinton