Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abraham Lincoln

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

Abraham Lincoln

[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards.

Abraham Lincoln

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

Abraham Lincoln

Some day I shall be President.

Bill Richardson

Shortly, I suspect, the president will make some decisions,

She is the first African-American vice president we have ever hired.

Ben Nelson

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

Ben Nelson

Any time the president talks, you listen.

Ben Nelson

Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska.

Ben Quayle

Barack Obama is the worst president in history,

Barbara Olson

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.

Augusto Pinochet

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

She's the president of the corporation, and I thought Tin Lizzie was fitting.

Dee Dee Myers

President Clinton intentionally created a structure that was a little loose. And one that kept him a little in the center. He didn't want one person filtering all the information that went to him. He had always operated with a lot of information coming in and a lot of stuff going out.

Dikembe Mutombo

I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.

Eleanor Clift

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.

Dick Cheney

We've had experiences where the president's been shot, but never had a situation where the vice president shot somebody.

Dick Cheney

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many,

Bob Dole

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

Presidents can be judged by the company they choose to keep.

Alexander Haig

I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

Adolf Hitler

The President of the United States has a much wider power than the German Kaiser had, for he depended on parliament.

Adepero Oduye

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.

Berry Gordy

Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets.

BeBe Winans

I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.

Ada Louise Huxtable

The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.

Charles Schumer

I think what the president is trying to do here is thread the needle.

Clifford Odets

Mr President, the president is dead.

Conan O'Brien

In an interview, former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said he does not have a racist bone in his body. However, he admitted he has three sexist bones and his spine is homophobic.

Conan O'Brien

Arnold Schwarzenegger is in some trouble. Today, the Los Angeles Times broke a story that quoted six women who claimed that Arnold Schwarzenegger sexually harassed them. When asked about it, President Clinton said 'six? That's not enough experience to be governor.'

Conan O'Brien

President Obama has decided that he wants his presidential library to be in Chicago, not Hawaii. Today Hawaii's governor said, 'Great, who's going to want to come to Hawaii now?'

Conan O'Brien

President Obama, by the way, has set a Guinness World Record as the fastest person to get a million Twitter followers. Obama now has as many followers as the Republicans have presidential candidates.

Conan O'Brien

Donald Trump called George W. Bush 'the worst president in the history of the United States.' Then he added, 'Until, of course, I'm elected.'