#presidency

The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency. ↗

— Bobby Ray Inman

#assuming #bush #central #chief #competitor

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#brings #i #i think #lot #out

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#empire #existed #fact #fairly #i

There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency. ↗

— James Bovard

#been #concentrated #each #face #getting

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. ↗

— David Broder

#campaigning #much #office #organizing #presidency

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#entrance #happiest #life #my life #office

I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

#book #candidate #favored #him #i

Well, one of the things a lot of Americans don't know, when Mitt Romney is nominated a few days from now, he will be the most experienced executive to be nominated for the presidency since Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, who had run a university and had run the allied war effort. That's actually a big deal. ↗

— Artur Davis

#allied #big #big deal #days #deal

Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of all is elected by a minority of the votes. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#first #first of all #i #kind #lincoln

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#hasn #obama #obama presidency #out #prejudices