#presidents

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

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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. ↗

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents. ↗

— Dick Cheney

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I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors. ↗

— Peter Criss

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And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? ↗

— Milton Friedman

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I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man. ↗

— Charlton Heston

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Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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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. ↗

— Don Novello

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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. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

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The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics. ↗

— William Odom

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