(1972 quotes found)
“One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is "to be prepared”
Dan Quayle
“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.”
Clarence Darrow
“Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.”
Abraham Lincoln
“This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.”
“Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.”
Will Rogers
“The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?”
“This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.”
George W. Bush
“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
Douglas Adams
“I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation”
Dr. Carl Sagan
“One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.”
Mortimer Adler