Famous Quotes & Sayings

Americans may rally around a president when he sends troops to war but not when he sends them the bill.

There were no surprises for us. But we're still waiting for the other two steps, which will be the president and Congress.

Herman Cain

Just call me Mr. Cain. And in 2013, they can call me Mr. President.

Henry David Thoreau

God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.

Jerry Falwell

If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency.

Jeremy Clarkson

Tonight, the new Viper, which is the American equivalent of a sportscar in the same way, I guess, that George Bush is the equivalent of a President.

Fidel Castro

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

Herbert Hoover

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

Herbert Hoover

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

Gore Vidal

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

Gore Vidal

If you're not part of that club, as I certainly am not, you are not presidential.

Gore Vidal

That peculiarly American religion, President-worship.

Harvey Weinstein

I'm sure the next time Piers Morgan asks me to host his show again I will ask President Obama to be my guest.

Grover Cleveland

I can find no warrant for such appropriation in the Constitution.

James Garner

Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president.

James Buchanan

I am the last President of the United States!

Jennifer Granholm

I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It's a little tough debating a woman.

George Will

The English language is not always the President's friend.

George Will

Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished.

Jesse Jackson

Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.

Jesse Owens

Hitler didn't snub me—it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.

Jesse Jackson

The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one.

Jean Chretien

President Bush is a friend of mine. He's not a moron at all.

James A. Garfield

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.

James A. Garfield

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

Jackie Kennedy

I will tell you one thing. They will never drag me out like a little old widow like they did Mrs. Wilson when President Wilson died. I will never be used that way.

Jackie Kennedy

There will be great presidents again but there will never be another Camelot.

Jack Ruby

When I mentioned about Adlai Stevenson, if he was vice president there would never have been an assassination of our beloved President Kennedy

Gary Vaynerchuk

I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.

Gary Bauer

Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to advise and consent to the appointment of all Cabinet officials. They should take that duty seriously.

Frank Oz

I just want to do good work. That's all I want to do. I don't have big aspirations like being the President of the United States, I just want to do good work. That's all.

Christine O'Donnell

About President Bush's stand against condoms, condoms will not protect you from AIDS . So to just throw a bunch of condoms over to Africa and say, here, we're helping you with AIDS, is just going to further the spread of AIDS over there.

Christina Romer

Raising the minimum wage, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address, tends to be more popular with the general public than with economists.