Presidency Quotes - Page 23

• My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.

  Sarah Palin

  Journey, Discovery, Citizens

  Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.

  Camille Paglia

  Administration, Economic, Stimulus

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• Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Organization, America

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• I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

  Richard M. Nixon

  America, Office, President

  Address to the Nation Announcing Decision to Resign the Office of President, 8 Aug. 1974

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• Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Media, Years, Force

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• Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs.

  John Podhoretz

  Jobs, Creating, Growth

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• Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Politics, Dignity

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• The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Usa, Two, Iran

  "Why Iran's Top Leaders Believe That the End of Days Has Come" by Joel C. Rosenberg, www.foxnews.com. November 7, 2011.

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• Bush's presidency is revisionism-proof. We're going to be recovering from it for the rest of our lives.

  Michael Moore

  Proof, Revisionism, Recovering

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• Most people have this protective view of the presidency. Anybody who holds the office is always gonna get the benefit of the doubt unless the media spends four years destroying them like they did Bush, and with Bush not returning fire.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Views, Media, Years

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• Obama isn't just too big to fail. He's too big to know. Obama is so vital to the country and to the world, he must be kept out of the loop in order to save him from his failed presidency.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Order, World

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• These are people who don't believe the government can possibly get too big. It's not possible for it to get too big. It's not possible for the government to get too powerful. It's not possible. And yet they are worried at the 'New York Times' about what is happening to it under the guidance of the presidency and Mr. Obama.

  Rush Limbaugh

  New York, Powerful, Believe

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• I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.

  Nelson Mandela

  Mistake, President, Next

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

  George McGovern

  Believe, Promise, Accepting

  George Stanley McGovern (1974). “An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern”, New York : Random House

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• When you look at the Democratic presidencies you see resurgence in the economy.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Looks, Economy, Resurgence

  Source: ciudadweston.com

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• Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.

  Dee Dee Myers

  People, Administration, Problem

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• I also believe that we have to protect our country and lead the world with strength and steadiness, and we have to unify our country and you know that's what I want the Democratic Party to stand for and that's what I hope my presidency will achieve.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Believe, Party

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• They [the Democrat Party] owed her everything. Hillary Clinton preserved the Democrat Party. She preserved the Bill Clinton career, meaning she preserved the Bill Clinton presidency, which meant that she preserved eight to ten years of constant victory over the Republicans and over conservatives. They betrayed her on a moment's notice.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Eight, Years

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency.

  Edward Kennedy

  Independent, Abuse, Liberty

  "Kennedy's Opening Statement", www.nytimes.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Bill Clinton became president, and he [Bill Clinton] kept cheating - and she kept destroying the women. She was supposed to be paid off in 2008. They gave her health care; she botched that. Hillarycare, it was called in 1993, '94, whatever. That was her first payoff. Co-presidency was the next payoff.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Cheating, President, Care

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I think it [presidency of Dwight Eisenhower] came too late and I think that he is not on the wavelength of this dreadful time through which we're living.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Thinking, Dwight Eisenhower, Too Late

  Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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• Nothing exceptional [would happen to the world under a Hillary Clinton's presidency] - things would stay the same: sponsorship of "Color" or "Umbrella" or whatever "revolutions", some more coups, "regime changes", direct invasions, bombing, propaganda warfare against China, Russia, Iran, South Africa and what is left of the Latin American revolutions. There would be plenty of torture in "secret centers", but it would not be as advertised and glorified as it would be if [Donald] Trump were elected.

  Andre Vltchek

  Latin, Russia, Iran

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• The media theme was, "June is when you win the presidency," because that's what they thought Hillary [Clinton] was doing. Hillary was running ads condemning [Donald] Trump, characterizing Trump, marginalizing Trump.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, Winning, June

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I respect the office of the presidency, but I never worship at the shrines of our public servants...The Washington press corps has the privilege of asking the president of the United States what he is doing and why.

  Helen Thomas

  Office, President, Privilege

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• We`re seeing point to something that`s happened over the last eight years during the [Barack] Obama presidency, and that is the Democratic electorate over the last eight years has gotten a lot more liberal.

  Steve Kornacki

  Eight, Years, Lasts

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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