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The thought of being president frightens me. I do not think I want the job.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004
- Presidency
Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him, the American has no time to tie himself to anything, he grows accustomed only to change, and ends by regarding it as the natural state of man. He feels the need of it, more he loves it; for the instability; instead of meaning disaster to him, seems to give birth only to miracles all about him.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859National Character of Americans—first impressions (1831) Oeuvres complètes, vol. VIII, p. 233.
- Change
The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Democracy in America, Volume I (1835), Chapter XVIII.
The buck stops here.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency
In America, anyone can become president. That’s one of the risks you take.
Adlai Stevenson II1900–1965Speech in Indianapolis, Indiana (26 September 1952)
- Presidency
No easy problem ever comes to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963
- Presidency
You are apprehensive of monarchy; I, of aristocracy. I would therefore have given more power to the President and less to the Senate.
John Adams1735–1826
- Presidency
Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.
John Adams1735–1826
- Presidency
There is one thing about being President — nobody can tell you when to sit down.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
- Presidency
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow1857–1938
- Presidency
In the United States the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Democracy in America, Volume II (1840), Book One, Chapter II.
- Thinking
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Speech at Omaha Beach on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day (6 June 1984)
We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
Dan Quayleborn 1947
- Presidency
The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.
James A. Garfield1831–1881
- Presidency
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
?UnattributedOften credited to Alexis de Tocqueville
- Economics