(1983 quotes found)
“I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.”
William Howard Taft
“Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob.”
Conan O'Brien
“No lover ever studied every whim of his mistress as I did those of President Roosevelt.”
Winston Churchill
“I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.”
Russell Baker
“The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow, he cannot make business good; although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way”
“The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey's tail.”
Jean Claude Duvalier
“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 Vaughn
“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 most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.”
Dean Acheson
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