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PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom — and of whom only — it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary, p. 266 (1948). Originally published in 1906 as The Cynic’s Word Book.
- Presidency
Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last resort.
Samuel Adams1722–1803Speech in Philadelphia (1776)
No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency
America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.
James A. Michener1907–1997
The government at Washington does live. It lives in the pages of our Constitution and in the hearts of our citizens, and there it will always be safe.
Spiro Agnew1918–1996
America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.
Arnold Toynbee1852–1883
What we need are critical lovers of America⁠—patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
Hubert Humphrey1911–1978
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.
Gloria Steinem1934–2026
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
Will Rogers1879–1935
The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
- Liberty
Only Americans can hurt America.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
A President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a single moment.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency
I’ve worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there’s no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.
Dick Cheney1941–2025
- Presidency
When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn’t for you. It’s for the Presidency.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency