Famous Quotes & Sayings

President Bush, read my lips: secure our borders.

Our president is with us on these issues. Our governor, Rick Perry, is strongly with us on these issues. But they need our help.

Our president can be seen in public for the first time.

Bill Vaughan

In foreign affairs, the president can do what he wants unless Congress says no. In domestic policy, the president can't do anything unless Congress says yes.

Bill Vaughan

In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.

I think that (AFL-CIO President John) Sweeney will have to make a strong statement about the AFL-CIO and how it's strong and still relevant.

Bob Ney

I will vote to impeach the president because he has shattered the trust of the American people.

He is the established constitutional president of Mauritania.

Mary Matalin

He is to the vice president what the vice president is to the president.

John Edwards

It is actually the responsibility of the president of the U.S. to be able to do two things at the same time,

Orrin Hatch

I think the president has to do some compromising here, not just the House.

I don't think it's a secret. I don't think the president is comfortable traveling.

Bill Bradley

If you are going to be president of the United States, try to do something big rather than something small,

He was strong and vibrant and it was vintage President Hinckley.

I would rather have won this race than be president of the United States

Al Franken

I want a president who can handle a cream soda.

Al Gore

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.

Al Gore

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

Thomas Friedman

Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man.

The public can and should speak up, but the president will make a decision, because this is a unique compound.

Calvin Coolidge

I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them.

Calvin Coolidge

The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.

Calvin Coolidge

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

Calvin Coolidge

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

Calvin Coolidge

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.

Calvin Coolidge

If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible

Calvin Coolidge

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Al Franken

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.

On inflation, the president took note: things are bad.

Stewart Cink

No, ... But I'll probably tell him at the Presidents Cup. He won't remember that, so me telling him that would be sort of anticlimactic.

Eliot Spitzer

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm.

Elena Kagan

I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions.

Abdul Kalam

The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.