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The Cold War is over. The kind of authority that the presidents asserted during the Cold War has now been diminished.
It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents.
I've done a whole lot of things. I've had the pleasure of introducing two presidents, several senators and congressmen.
I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.
When most presidents get in, they move to the center because they realize that this is a centrist country - even Reagan.
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.
Our country is fortunate to have Bill Barr, a man of integrity who has served two U.S. Presidents, as our Attorney General.
Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every president comes into the job; it's different than they expect. They must adapt.
We'd be in his office playing with trucks as a six-year-old while he's negotiating deals with presidents of major companies.
Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.
Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
There's never been an entertainer that can take two warring parties and have both presidents stand on the stage and hold hands.
Conservatives don't want to read good, smart books. They mostly want to read Fox and talk radio hosts writing about presidents.
Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.
The whole issue of healthcare is very complicated. There have been seven Presidents who've tried to get healthcare reform passed.
I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there.
We Americans think quite highly of ourselves, and nothing makes us think more of ourselves than our romantic view of our presidents.
Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done.
Although this should not be so, historians reconsider presidencies based on how the presidents conduct themselves after leaving office.
Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses.
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.
After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.
It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.
'Black Panther' had a whole cast of beautiful black brilliance. Black scientists. Black presidents. The style. The technology. The color.
The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting.
You know how old I am? I'm so old, I remember when Letterman used to be funny and it was presidents who were serious. That's how old I am.
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.
Traditionally Presidents Day was Washington's birthday. It was celebrated as a public holiday on February 22 each year, in peace or in war.
The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.
Obama represents one-world government, a.k.a. Neocolonialism. Presidents don't change anything locally - they only deal with foreign policy.
Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.
We all learn submission because we all have 'bosses', whether we're presidents of companies or not. The easiest place to learn it is in family.
A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.
Presidents and cabinet officials could send a strong message of accountability if they held senior appointees responsible for their performance.
Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems.
Limos are fine for prime ministers or presidents who need the security, but there's no need for CEOs or executives to have one as a status symbol.
In the sweep of history, George W. Bush will be seen as one of our greatest presidents because of the decisions he made to keep us safe after 9/11.
If you're in Congress, you vote and give speeches. But governors have to make decisions every day, and presidents have to make decisions every day.
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.
American presidents get to make lots of choices, with one critical exception: what awaits them in the in-box on top of the desk in the Oval Office.
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.
President Obama came to office proclaiming that he aims to solve problems, not hand them on to our children. Most presidents say that sort of thing.
Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works.
I want to kill the president because I no like the capitalists. I have the gun in my hand, I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists.
Presidents always want to do nice, noble, long-run things, and Congress is less keen to do so. We've seen that throughout the history of this country.
An earthquake strikes Haiti, and care packages from America are among the first to arrive - and not far behind are former Presidents Clinton and Bush.
Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down the road to 'Demon Pass.'