#resident

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse Jane Q. Public, being sworn in as the first female president of the United States, while her husband holds the Bible and wears a silly pill box hat and matching coat. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#bible #box #coat #even #female

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new. ↗

— Dan Rather

#access #bargaining #been #campaigns #candidates

You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. ↗

— Michael Reagan

#father #governor #him #i #knew

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#becoming #first #first lady #i #i see

I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#cell research #embryonic #embryonic stem cell #embryonic stem cell research #federal

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#become #door #funeral #get #god

There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#description #elected #first #first lady #got

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#after #being #classified #day #elected

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#frightens #i #i do #job #me

Anybody that thought that I tried to protect the president has forgotten that I asked for the expansion of the Monica Lewinsky matter. ↗

— Janet Reno

#asked #expansion #forgotten #i #i tried