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The greatest thing about this man is he’s steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday — no matter what happened Tuesday.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner (April 2006)
- Clever Jabs
I have tender feelings for Nixon, because everybody has warm feelings about their childhood.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964Rolling Stone interview (31 October 2006)
- Comedy
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), Article IIIn context
- America
The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), Article IIIn context
- Laws
I think the American people want a solemn ass as a President and I think I will go along with them.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933To Ethel Barrymore, as quoted in Greenberg, David (2006)
The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.
Ann Coulterborn 1961“Obama Is Not A Muslim” (September 1, 2010).
- Clever Jabs
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow1857–1938
There is one thing about being President — nobody can tell you when to sit down.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
The president cannot escape from his office.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, and so I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers.
Gerald Ford1913–2006Our Long National Nightmare Is Over (1974)
- Prayer
The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.
James A. Garfield1831–1881
In choosing a president, we really don’t choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.
Rudy Giulianiborn 1944Speech before the Republican Party convention in New York. August 30, 2004.
- Leadership
If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President.
Václav Havel1936–2011Address to the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London quoted in The Independent, London (24 March 1990)
- Comedy
There used to be a time when this country’s president could have delivered the same New Year’s Address he had given a year before, and nobody would have noticed.
Fortunately, that time has passed.
Václav Havel1936–2011New Year’s Address to the Nation (1991)
- Clever Jabs
An incumbent in Washington knows he is in trouble on the day that cartoonists begin to represent him as a king.
Christopher Hitchens1949–2011The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain’s Favourite Fetish (1990)
- Power