Presidency Quotes (213 Quotes)

Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.

My two partners in the presidency, the government, the House, all of them are for sentencing Saddam Hussein to death before the court will decide.

I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere.

This is the biggest revolt Bush has faced and it comes on the issue that has been the core and heart of his presidency, namely security.

The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active.

We are witnessing nothing less than symptoms of a cancer on the American presidency. If we fail to remove it, it will expand to destroy the principles that matter most to all of us.

That will leave Karl more time to focus on truly strategic policy at a critical time for the presidency.

Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation.

Overshadowing all has been the president's reckless, tawdry behavior, coupled with misleading statements that have undermined the dignity of the presidency, and brought about a divisive and unpleasant chapter in our history,

Sustainable development is a key issue for the UK's Presidency, and at our meeting we will be talking about climate change and about how to make agriculture more sustainable.

The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship under the presidency of the pastor or pastors, the gifts of the congregation.

I think I've heard that one before. But it comes down to the person. Anybody can deliver the line. The question is Can you compartmentalize these issues so they don't consume you And I think Bush's job is more difficult than Clinton's because the questions here go right to the heart of the presidency.

Today I announce that I will seek and I will win the presidency of the United States of America, ... a dishonest decade of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

Over his presidency, President Bush has made great strides to increase foreign aid, so today's announcement of cuts to core development funding is a big disappointment. Although the US is the largest donor in the world, and US assistance had been on the i

A presidency can shape an era - and it can change our lives. A successful presidency can give meaning to an age.

He promised more oversight hearings in 1998, though he did not specify exactly what the hearings would address. We intend to make government accountable, ... From the classroom to the courts ... from the clerks to the president's Cabinet ... from the post office to the presidency.

Her foreign policy influence in 2005 was very impressive and constructive, in contrast to her time as National Security Council adviser her role in the first term of the Bush administration. She has charisma - that rock star appearance at the football game in Alabama was really something. Whether that makes her a viable candidate for the presidency is another matter entirely.

I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet and he just couldn't resist the dessert.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

This is a crossroads for the Bush presidency. This is a very exciting period about what is effective government in the 21st century. Either he will be FDR and lead a dramatic change of government, or he will be defender of a failed system. The biggest political challenge for the next two years is to re-centre the government.

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.

I think one hallmark of her first term in the Senate is her desire to work across the aisle with Republicans on some initiatives. She may make history again if she runs for the presidency. Whether she wins or not, as a former first lady, that will also be history-making.

An agreement under the British presidency would be an important signal, and I am sure that Tony Blair is fully aware of the high expectations people have in him,

For the immeasurable contribution of Ronald Wilson Reagan to the office of the Presidency, and to our great nation we all owe a debt of gratitude. Thank you, Mr. President. On behalf of all the men and women who served our nation under your Presidency, and those inspired by you who serve today. I salute you, sir.

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.

New unemployment figures show that more Americans are unemployed than at any time since the end of the last Bush recession. For the first time since Herbert Hoover, there may be fewer Americans with jobs at the end of a presidency than at the beginning.

It sort of takes aim at the heart of his presidency. The idea of firing Rumsfeld for poor performance over the last three years is pretty close to saying the Bush presidency has failed.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.

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.

To reporters the day after his accession to the presidency, April 13, 1945 When they told me yesterday what had happened, I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.

Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.

We revere the presidency. Any innuendo or any kind of impulse that anyone has to attribute any kind of motivation on the part of these men of honor who have prepared this case for you today on any whim on their part other than to do their constitutional duty should be rebuffed at every conversation,

Our children are being taught a terrible lesson right now. The president of the United States, in all due respect to him and his office, he has hurt the office of the presidency and I believe he ought to be ashamed of himself.

Here's what we do know Polls are driving President Bush's court picks. At a low ebb in his presidency, the president has passed over well-known, if controversial, constitutionalists and chosen a sphinx-like presidential pal,

I really think the president regards these decisions as among the most consequential of his presidency. He will do what he thinks is right for the country regardless of its immediate impact on his political standing. That doesn't necessarily mean he will do something confrontational.

You can impeach a federal judge in this country for the failure to demonstrate good behavior during his tenure. I don't think we want to apply that standard to the future of the presidency. So the standard for evicting, convicting, evicting him from the White House is a very high standard indeed.

No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.

It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends, and it's not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel Prize. All those are important, of course. But maybe it's just that I'm 71 years old now. It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends. I would tell them that. Don't forget that. In your brilliance, don't turn your back on your friends. Don't think you're entitled to something, you're smarter than the next guy.

The president really defeated the ogre of stealth nominations. This is a great accomplishment for the presidency.

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses.

We are not looking at tax reform this year or probably during the Bush presidency. Maybe they'll resurrect it in 2007, but then at that time everyone will be looking at the next presidential race.

All I know is I came away from my discussions with him feeling it was going to be a pretty thorough and candid telling of his life, and that he was going to talk about all the principal events of his presidency. The heart of the book is what you'd expect it to be. The heart of it will be his presidency.

Any proceedings from this date forward only serve to delay the final resolution of this matter and run counter to the best interests of the Congress, the presidency and the American people, ... We remain convinced that the national interest is best served by ending the process in a way that is fair, speedy and bipartisan.

We, as a presidency and a government, will continue our commitment to the negotiation process as the sole political, pragmatic and strategic choice through which we reap the fruit of our struggle and sacrifices over the long decades.

We have a very competent parliament, a council and presidency, ... Europe is not without leadership, and that will become clear.

For national Republicans, this 2006 race is really about the presidency, but I don't think that's the case for the people of New York. Clinton is so popular that Pirro can't say, 'She hasn't done a great job for New York.' The only thing you can say is, 'She can't continue doing a great job forever.' Talking about 2008 will help with fund-raising, but it's a pretty weak political argument.

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

We got a little bit of a pop from the Supreme Court ruling. I think some of the strength we've seen was discounting a Bush presidency. Obviously the uncertainty was not what was hurting the Nasdaq -- earnings would be impacted by a slowing economy.

Three years ago, the presidency was his to lose.

I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency.