presidency

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.

They pick a President and then for four years they pick on him.

No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years I would say the penitentiary thank you.

I would rather be right than President.

Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact.

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.

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, what is it to any independent, intellegent, and respectable man what decision they may come to? Shall we not have the advantage of his wisdom and honesty, nevertheless? Can we not count upon some independent votes? Are there not many individuals in the country who do not attend conventions? But no: I find that the respectable man, so called, has immediately drifted from his position, and despairs of his country, when his country has more reason to despair of him. He forthwith adopts one of the candidates thus selected as his only AVAILABLE one, thus proving that he is himself AVAILABLE for any purposes of the demagogue. His vote is of no more worth than that of any unprincipled foreigner or hireling native, who may have been bought.

Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?

The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it requires to become president.

... When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions.

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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 of torment and hatred.

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 hard, and if we're true to those things in us that feel true and feel right, that, the world gets a little better each time. That's what this presidency is trying to be about. And I see that in the young people i work with. This is not just drama-obama. This is what I really believe.

To vastly improve your country and truly make it great again, start by choosing a better leader. Do not let the media or the establishment make you pick from the people they choose, but instead choose from those they do not pick.

It's not doing what is right that's hard for a President. It's knowing what is right.

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 people.

The most important thing you need to do [in this job] is to have big chunks of time during the day when all you__e doing is thinking.