President Quotes - Page 66

I don't want to be the president of the world. I'm the President of the United States.

President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton support sanctuary cities. They support catch and release on the border, they support visa overstays. They support the release of dangerous, dangerous, dangerous, criminals from detention. And, they support unconstitutional executive amnesty.

The fact that a former senator and secretary of state claimed not to know what the letter "C" means is just one more example why she is totally unfit to hold the office of president. Totally unfit.

I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if I win. I would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result.

Senator [Ted] Cruz is not qualified to be president because he doesn't have the right temperament and acted like a maniac when he arrived in the Senate.

If I'm president, we will win on everything we do.

I can be the most presidential person ever, other than possibly the great Abe Lincoln, all right?

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.

Let me tell you, the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat. And every president since, Democrat and Republican, have stood closely with Israel.

I think Barack Obama is a one-term President.

The truth is the Republican leadership has created a credit card Congress that is recklessly selling out the future of America, our children and our grandchildren, and President Bush is the most fiscally irresponsible President in the history of America.

I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very careful and to protect yourself down the road a little bit, which is to say you've got to think ahead and think where is the story going to go? What are all the possible outcomes? And how do I protect the president from unexpected twists and turns in the road?

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.

I don't pick my presidents because they were great presidents. I'm not much interested in ranking presidents and who is the best and who is the worst. I am much more inclined to be interested in them if they had an interesting life and if they were a complete person - and by that I mean they also had flaws and failings.

Some of the reasons John McCain lost in 2008 were his lackluster campaign, his refusal to showcase Obama's extreme liberalism and, thus, his failure to demonstrate why he would make a better president than Obama.

I am neither accusing President Obama of having committed high crimes and misdemeanors nor advocating his impeachment.

A president who believed that America's greatness is recoverable and expandable - a chief executive determined to lead us back to national restoration - would reject the crippling notions of national impotency that Obama has embraced.

The president met with BP CEO Tony Hayward, and Obama was demanding that BP clean up the Gulf. And I'm thinking, good luck. They can't even clean up their gas station restrooms.

Hillary Clinton is running for president. This time around, she promises to be warm and approachable. Like me.

Our guest tonight is Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States. She's here to announce her run for president.