"President Kennedy is very democratic and very penetrating."
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"it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." - Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President"
"American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President."
"We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?"
"I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research."
"I'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?) I'm out for dead presidents to represent me."
"This is the worst President ever. He [George W. Bush] is the worst President in all of American history."
"We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king."
"On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents."
"If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information and benevolence."
"The first time I was privileged to meet president Mandela was during his visit to Malawi... shortly after he was released from prison. I was amazed by his humility and his great sense of leadership... Mandela's character has shaped my life."
"It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe."
"Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences."
"No one is looking at what President Obama is wearing. Michelle Obama cannot Instagram a bikini pic like what my girl Instagrammed the other day."
"It takes me several days, after I get back to Boston, to realize that the reference "the president" refers to the president of Harvard and not to a minor official in Washington."
"We are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate."
"Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?"
"It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose."
"Mr. President, no one is saying you broke any laws, we're just saying it's a little bit weird you didn't have to."
"I'm really excited about the prospect of a woman president of the United States."