Quotes on presidency
I think he [George W. Bush] has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.
Gore, Al
The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.
Vaughan, Bill
I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.
Reagan, Ronald
Clinton/Gore is to the presidency as Beavis & Butthead are to television.
Author, Unknown
I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed ... the president himself would be killed by it.
Dean, John
We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.
Chiles, Lawton
Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to office. This isn't choosing a president, it's casting the lead in a sitcom about the presidency.
Ebert, Roger
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it... To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
Jefferson, Thomas
I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment limiting the presidency to two terms was a mistake. Shouldn't the people have the right to vote for someone as many times as they want to vote for him
Reagan, Ronald
"That sucking sound? The Clinton presidency being flushed in '96!"
Author, Unknown
The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.
Johnson, Lyndon B.
The presidency is temporary-but the family is permanent.
Gaulle, Yvonne De
You can always get the truth from a politician after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
Moore, Joe
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first ... Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.
Nixon, Richard M.