Zitat des Tages über Präsidenten / Presidents:
Securing freedom has been a singular commitment of American presidents and patriots in and out of government for generations. But its perpetual continuation is not guaranteed.
Great presidents don't just fight good fights - they win them.
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk too much, like Bill Clinton. Some presidents try to talk but don't know how, like George Bush senior.
I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors.
We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but failed to propose one.
The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting.
In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
I would say to my colleague that the misery index, inflation and unemployment, when added together is the lowest it has been in the last series of Presidents, even going back to Jimmy Carter. So I think the Bush administration is doing a good job.
I would have to say that Richard Nixon is probably the most gifted and skilled political practitioner, in his pre-presidential years, of all of the American presidents in the 20th century.
We're making this as entertainment. But God willing, if this show stays on and people see a woman in that office for a while, I think it will help people become more used to it. It's certainly about time that we had a few female presidents.
I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.
Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.
Presidents do not go into war lightly. It's a tremendous responsibility in making decisions, and I know Bush must deeply believe this is the only course.
Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.
Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.
When most presidents get in, they move to the center because they realize that this is a centrist country - even Reagan.
As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.
From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.
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.
America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.
I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five presidents of McDonald's.
Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done.
You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.
I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll.
I've done a whole lot of things. I've had the pleasure of introducing two presidents, several senators and congressmen.
I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.
Look, I worked with American Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, all of them, and each of them has shown a deep and profound friendship to Israel, you know? I can't remember anybody who was in that sense negative as far as Israel is concerned.
We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.
I think that presidents deserve to be questioned. Maybe irreverently, most of the time. Bring 'em down a size. You see a president, ask a question. You have one chance in the barrel. Don't blow it.
I've played golf with three U.S presidents.
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they love and the people they've lost... I don't want to limit it to what they did in the office, but what happens at home and in their interactions with other people.
