Presidency Quotes

Whoever is elected to Congress and the presidency is going to have a satchel full of political IOUs to deliver on. - Larry Makinson

Whiskey production became an important part of the history of George Washington's business activities at Mount Vernon when he built a successful distillery after he left the presidency. - Frank Coleman

While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because we're seen as kind of an aggressive watchdog on the Bush White House. Particularly since Florida, our readership hit a whole new level, and we held onto those readers. - David Talbot

When you're giving a tour of the Oval Office, you're trying to point to things that emphasize what you're trying to do. For him, the optimism is very symbolic of what he wants his presidency to be about. - Nicolle Wallace

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making. - Bob Woodward

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency. - Harry S Truman

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. - Lyndon B. Johnson

When I'm the nominee... I'm going to have Bill Clinton out on the road for me, fighting to win this presidency. - Richard Gephardt

When Air Force One lands, we don't see the president, we see the presidency. - Trent Lott

When a presidency has been turned around, particularly the modern presidency, there's often an outside element. - Fred Greenstein