“ I feel like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. To the man who asked how he liked it he said: 'If it wasn't for the honour of the thing I'd rather walk.' Abraham Lincoln
“ The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise it can be experienced - it can not be told. Calvin Coolidge
“ 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
“ There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the… Franklin D. Roosevelt
“ The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete the patience of a mother the endurance of an early Christian. Harold Wilson
“ An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward 'Gentlemen let there be no mistake. I should make a good president but a very bad candidate.' James Bryce
“ Th' prisidincy is th' highest office in th' gift iv th people. Th' vice-prisidincy is th' next highest an' the lowest. It isn't a crime exactly. Ye can't be sint to jail f r it but it's a kind iv a d… Finley Peter Dunne
“ Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots? Adlai Ewing Stevenson
“ All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judi… Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“ Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams
“ No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. Thomas Jefferson
“ Well I wouldn't say that I was in the 'great' class but I had a great time while I was trying to be great. Harry S. Truman
