20 Quotes by Presidents and About the Presidency

People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. (Abraham Lincoln)

I'm for a stronger death penalty. (George W. Bush)

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. (Jimmy Carter)

I'm glad I'm not [Leonid] Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin, you never know if someone's tape recording what you say. (Richard Nixon)

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results. (Calvin Coolidge)

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book. (Ronald Reagan)

I don't think the Republicans can damage my character. (Bill Clinton)

I know only two tunes. One of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other one isn't. (Ulysses S. Grant)

Whatever happens in California unfortunately has a tendency to spread. (Jimmy Carter)

As to the Presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it. (Martin Van Buren)

10 Quotes about the Presidency

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President. (Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary)

I don't know why we complain so much about their broken campaign promises. It's those they keep that hurt. (Adlai Stevenson II)

If he knows nothing else, a President should at least understand the secret of success in the business world. For, after all, what is the Presidency but a glorified business - or, at least, a fine racket? (W.C. Fields)

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. (Harry Truman)

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. (Lyndon Johnson)

In America anyone can be President, that's one of the risks you take. (Adlai Stevenson II)

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt. (Herbert Hoover)

In my country, we go to prison first and then become President. (Nelson Mandela)

Why do people go to zoos? (H.L. Mencken's reply to a question asking why, if he had a such a cynical view of Congress and the President, he visited Washington, D.C.)