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President Quotes


"I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century."


"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."


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


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


"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."


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


"It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team."


"I think it's less risky for the Kerry campaign to embrace former President Clinton than it is to reject him."


"George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate."


"I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me."


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


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


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


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


"I oppose the president's plan to privatize Social Security."


"I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it."


"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."


"I'm always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President's plan have not been invited to the discussion."


"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."


"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."


"I'm a huge Obama fan. I think it's such an unbelievably great thing to have a President who's competent and not insane."


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


"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."



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


"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."


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


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


"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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