President Quotes - Page 49

I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign.

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.

We did drive them [Iran] to the negotiating table. And my successor, John Kerry, and President [Barack] Obama got a deal that put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot. That's diplomacy. That's coalition-building. That's working with other nations.

The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.

America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.

Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.

When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here, and hell say, Do this! Do that! And nothing will happen. Poor Ikeit wont be a bit like the Army. Hell find it very frustrating.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.

That peculiarly American religion, President-worship.

It's fascinating watching the debates [of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], with the search for the new president. It's like a car crash, unfolding in front of your eyes. The level of personal attacks!

I have given instructions that I be informed everytime one of our soldiers is killed, even if it is in themiddle of the night. When President Nasser leavesinstructions that he is to be awakened in the middleof the night if an Egyptian soldier is killed, there willbe peace.

I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.

Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.

Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do.

I may be the only person, the only presidential candidate who never carried the state in which he was born.

We asked for God's help; and now, in this shining outcome, in this magnificent triumph of good over evil, we should thank God.

Thousand points of light.

I want a kinder, gentler nation.

It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.

As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for a normal presidency, at the service of the Republic.

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.