presidency

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.'

Don't let it be forgot That once there was a spot -For one brief shining moment That was known as Camelot.

The four most miserable years of my life . . .

The final greatness of the presidency lies in the truth that it is not just an office of incredible power but a breeding ground of indestructible myth.

In America any boy may become president and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

If you are as happy my dear sir on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home you are the happiest man in the country.

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete the patience of a mother the endurance of an early Christian.

The buck stops here.

A president's hardest task is not to do what's right but to know what's right.

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.'

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

When the president does it that means it is not illegal.

The president is the representative of the whole nation and he's the only lobbyist that all the one hundred and sixty million people in this country have.

The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise it can be experienced - it can not be told.

Seriously I do not think I am fit for the presidency.

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 disgrace.

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.

If you are as happy my dear sir on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home you are the happiest man in this country.