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Reagan is the only man to take the presidency as a part-time job, a means of filling up the otherwise empty hours of retirement. — Simon Hoggart

The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it requires to become president. — George Friedman

The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced. — Calvin Coolidge

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs. — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

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

To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done. — Gerald R. Ford

The best thing about Eisenhower's Presidency was his Jeffersonian conviction that there should be as little government and as much golf as possible. — Alistair Cooke

The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency. — John Quincy Adams

The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate. — Robert Dallek

There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye. — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

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

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices. — Ron Fournier

I don't think that the United States are ready for a presidency as the one of Obama, at least because he would be the first black president. — Gianfranco Fini

As you approach the presidency, no one seems worthy of it, since it wasn't designed for a human in the first place. — Wilfrid Sheed

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office. — Grover Cleveland

Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. — Richard M. Nixon

The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people. — Bobby Jindal

If any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency, — Eugene McCarthy

There is no office now closed to a Jew, including the presidency. — Jacob K. Javits

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

My hope is that that person will come forward that can win the presidency that we can all get behind. — Rick Perry

Technology has had more of an impact on the presidency and how the presidency communicates than anything. — Mark McKinnon

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people. — Corazon Aquino

If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency. — Jerry Falwell

I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody. — Ronald Reagan

Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the Presidency. — Bob Hope

In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average. — Charles Krauthammer

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does. — Bill Vaughan

Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency. — Richard M. Nixon

I love this university, and although I might be retiring from the presidency, my work with Ohio State will continue. — Gordon Gee

In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference. — Dan Quayle

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people. — Caroline Kennedy

Only one president in this book was a supervillain. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Chester A. Arthur, the Lex Luthor of the American Presidency. — Daniel O'Brien

If you are running for the presidency of the United States, you better have a strong opinion. — Eric Trump

Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character. — Benjamin Carson

The GOP cannot expect to win the presidency in the future by simply relying on running up big numbers with white voters. — Mark McKinnon

Donald [Trump], you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That's not going to happen. — Jeb Bush

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

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

Unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency should be quietly hanged as a matter of public sanitation and decorum. — H.L. Mencken

I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in. — Gerald R. Ford

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest. — Al Gore

The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain. — Timothy Noah

What people have got to remember is that Sept. 11 happened in 2001 and not in 2003. It was planned under the presidency of Bill Clinton. — Jack Straw

Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots? — Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate. — Jeb Bush

Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did. — George McGovern

In 2004, I joined my father, John Kerry, on the trail in his bid for the United States presidency. — Alexandra Kerry

I trust you will have the grace to go and hang yourself rather than attempt to belittle a nation by running for the presidency, — Doris Kearns Goodwin

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them. — Richard M. Nixon

Today was the day; today was the day when they would realize what Zaphod had been up to. Today was what Zaphod Beeblebrox's presidency was all about. — Douglas Adams

You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia. — George McGovern

There's a cancer on the presidency. — John Dean

Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever. — George W. Bush

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test, — Rick Perry

The presidency is more than a popularity contest. — Al Gore

Each day of the Obama presidency seems to bring a new, perversely delicious irony. — Monica Crowley

The vice-presidency isnt worth a bucket of warm piss, — John Nance Garner

I plan to work my utmost for Singaporeans, whatever be their political affiliation. The presidency is above politics. — Tony Tan

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again. — Barack Obama

I can't think of a man more worthy of the presidency then my good friend Sam Nunn. — Jimmy Carter

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

Well, Warren Harding, I have got you the presidency. What are you going to do with it? — Florence Harding

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. — John Adams

The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task. — Wolfgang Schauble

I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency. — Ulysses S. Grant

I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency. — Roh Moo-hyun

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses. — James K. Polk

The presidency of Barack Obama is a case study in stupid does, — Bret Stephens

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it. — Thomas Jefferson

Another Clinton presidency would be a death blow to the American Dream. — Marco Rubio

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency. — Barack Obama

The presidency is not an office job. — Jakaya Kikwete

The two pillars of winning the presidency are being a strong leader and being someone who understands us and our problems. — Nicolle Wallace

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Soon, the Obama presidency will end, and America will have the chance to turn in a new direction. — Nikki Haley

It has been eleven days, Stephen, eleven fucking days! Eleven! The presidency is supposed to age the president, not the public. — Jon Stewart

Harrison's 8,400-word inaugural speech was the longest ever, while his 30-day Presidency was the shortest. — George Washington

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. — David Broder

the formality of the presidency, all — David McCullough

The Presidency is not a bed of roses. — James K. Polk

Ronald Reagan would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on - that's how much he revered the presidency. — Kenneth Langone

You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept. — Thomas Friedman

[A]n Obama presidency would be an amusing approximation of the Carter administration, complete with vaporous moralizing and foreign policy bungling. — Emmett Tyrrell

As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish. — Eric Alterman

Hillary Clinton has secured her place in history. She is the first woman to lead a major party's quest for the presidency. — Ari Shapiro

The presidency is not merely an administrative office ... It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy. — Jimmy Carter

I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency. — Dan Quayle

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk. — William Howard Taft

Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency. — Robert Dallek

Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted. — Jacques Delors

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom. — Rick Perry

The presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families. — Martin O'Malley

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

Don't any of you realize there's only one life between that madman and the Presidency? — Mark Hanna

Trying to make the presidency work these days is like trying to sew buttons on a custard pie. — James David Barber

The Vice Presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit. — John Nance Garner

The great contest for the presidency is about the future, who can lead, who can get things done. — George W. Bush