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President Quotes


"When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote."


"What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery."


"What's been extraordinary about this president, Tim, and what's unique about this president is not that the administration is sputtering but rather everything he's taken on he's been able to accomplish."


"The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions."


"I would never say President Obama doesn't have the capacity to continue to serve because of his statement that there are 56 states."


"Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on."


"Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain."


"He has to do the heavy lifting and the windows and the wash, and also protect the president."


"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."


"At least she's the president of something, which is more than I can say."


"Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska."


"I had to perform at the White House for the president, That's always kind of a weird set to try to put together."


"Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data."


"The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure."


"The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully considered the whole subject, in all lights under which it had been presented to him."


"Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat."


"Clinton was a pretty good president for a Republican."


"I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian."


"I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers."


"As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine."


"If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly."


"We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished."


"Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions."



"This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi."


"Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself."


"Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?"


"The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President."


"I believe we will elect a new President in 2012."


"The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive."


"The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for 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."


"When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views."


"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."


"This President is going to lead us out of this recovery."


"A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right."
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