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"With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses."
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"Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?"
"There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President."
"One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong."
"Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data."
"When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote."
"Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska."
"Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there."
"When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal."
"The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president."
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"Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States."
"Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family."
"Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good."
"There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S."
"I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign."
"One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights."
"It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored."
"Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression."
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