Presidency Quotes

The word presidency alone sparks debate. It's not merely a luxurious office or boundless power; it's a burden, a weight of expectations and responsibilities, and a constant target for criticism. It's a hot seat that compels its occupant to make momentous decisions, often dictated by pressures and hidden alliances.

No one can truly grasp the magnitude of these challenges unless they have occupied that seat, but we can gain insight through their words. Enter this gallery filled with **quotes** that unveil the complexities of power, the secrets of the presidency, and the challenges faced by leaders at the apex.

Quote by John F. Kennedy: I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it....
Quote by Barack Obama: There are times where I'd say the Oval Office, you use to gather the facts. The decisions you probab...
Quote by Barack Obama: Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As ...
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt: The White House is a bully pulpit....
Quote by Barack Obama: Donald Trump is like Hillary Clinton said, a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man you can trus...
Quote by Barack Obama: I have great respect for both President Obama and the office that he holds...
Quote by Barack Obama: One of the things that I've urged the president-elect to do is to develop a strong working relations...
Quote by Barack Obama: We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from lo...
Quote by Barack Obama: America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem th...
Quote by Barack Obama: My hope is that's something [Donald Trump] is thinking about, because not only is the president of t...
Quote by Barack Obama: I think that where I've gotten frustrated during the course of my presidency has never been because ...
Quote by Barack Obama: By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is mor...
Quote by John F. Kennedy: If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the ...
Quote by Barack Obama: Who you are, what you are, does not change after you occupy the oval office. All it does is magnify ...
Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt: The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leaders...
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt: I have had a great time as president....
Quote by Barack Obama: I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better presiden...
Quote by Barack Obama: Who is Barack Obama? Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actual...
Quote by Barack Obama: I think that Donald Trump is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions...
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt: I must be wanting to be President. Every young man does. But I won't let myself think of it; I must ...
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt: No other President ever enjoyed the Presidency as I did....
Quote by Barack Obama: When you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impac...
Quote by Barack Obama: I was pretty realistic to people about what we could get done, and the situation we were in, and try...
Quote by Ronald Reagan: But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high scho...
Quote by Ronald Reagan: How could an actor become president?...
Quote by Ronald Reagan: Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate ...
Quote by Barack Obama: A political candidacy built around hope and change and compromise would eventually become a presiden...
Quote by Barack Obama: One of the gratifying things, I think, about the end of my presidency even though admittedly my succ...
Quote by Barack Obama: I found this national debt doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval O...
Quote by Colin Powell: I can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And shoul...
Quote by Barack Obama: I reserve the right, as president of the United States to meet with anybody at a time and place of m...
Quote by Barack Obama: We're breaking protocol here. That's the good thing about being President - I can do whatever I want...
Quote by John F. Kennedy: The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle....
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt: While President, I have been President - emphatically....
Quote by Barack Obama: When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, prot...
Quote by Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,'...
Quote by Barack Obama: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency....
Quote by Barack Obama: I think where I get frustrated at times was the belief that the president can do anything if he just...
Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Presidency is not merely an administrative office. Thats the least of it. It is more than an eng...
Quote by Ronald Reagan: For the eight years I was president I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind....
Quote by Thomas Jefferson: No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. To myself, pe...
Quote by Woodrow Wilson: Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single f...
Quote by Barack Obama: [This upset] means that means Donald Trump now has to transition to governance....
Quote by Barack Obama: We're starting to make some progress. But there's still gonna be some pain out there. If I don't hav...
Quote by Ronald Reagan: I heard one presidential candidate say that what this country needed was a president for the ninetie...
Quote by Hunter S. Thompson: The whole framework of the presidency is getting out of hand. It's come to the point where you almos...
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt: No President has ever enjoyed himself as much as I?...
Quote by John F. Kennedy: Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have represe...
Quote by Robin Williams: We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictator...
Quote by Barack Obama: Beside the two wars he inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised to end, a financial crisis at...
Quote by Barack Obama: I changed those things that were in direct - my direct control. I mean, I - look, I'm proud of the f...
Quote by Barack Obama: When I turn over the keys to the president-elect, America will be much stronger than it was when I c...
Quote by Barack Obama: First of all, I think everybody has to acknowledge don't underestimate the guy [Donald Trump], becau...
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt: To announce there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand with the president, ...
Quote by Barack Obama: I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into...
Quote by Barack Obama: I, more than anything, obviously the presidency is the people, and it's been interesting the emotion...
Quote by Ronald Reagan: In closing, let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the great honor of allowing me to s...
Quote by John F. Kennedy: The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever ...
Quote by Barack Obama: I'm not just a candidate, I'm the President...
Quote by Barack Obama: I'll remember the view out this window [from Oval Cabinet], because this is where we had our - the p...