“ I believe in (the American) people. I believe that people are more good than bad. I believe tragic things happen. I think there's evil in the world. But I think that at the end of the day, if we work… Barack Obama
“ In America any boy may become president and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. Adlai Stevenson
“ I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president and I think I'll go along with them. Calvin Coolidge
“ Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins. Joe Klein
“ I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end ... I have lost every friend on earth I shall have one friend left and that friend shall be down inside me. Abraham Lincoln
“ I hear of a convention to be held at Baltimore, or elsewhere, for the selection of a candidate for the Presidency, made up chiefly of editors, and men who are politicians by profession; but I think, w… Henry David Thoreau
“ Nothing you do in the White House matters. You know why not? Because as far as the mass of voting morons is concerned, while you're in office, you'll still be the worst single president they've ever h… Neil Gaiman
“ For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peac… Franklin D. Roosevelt
“ It's not doing what is right that's hard for a President. It's knowing what is right. Lyndon Johnson
“ No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years… Thomas Jefferson
“ All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues. Tony Judt
“ To bolster his right flank and attract women voters, John McCain had cynically opted for a running mate who was, by any stretch of the imagination, unqualified for a position a heartbeat away from the… Jay Parini
“ Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed. Harry S. Truman
