Eric Andre Quotes

The last issue I remember where a president was involved was in the capital punishment of 1993 blasts convict Yaqub Memon. Otherwise, in your life, in my life, how does a president make a difference? Has a president ever stated his point of view on anything?

It's often said of American politics that it's a huge juggernaut and the president can change the direction by two or three degrees in either direction, but not much more. In fact, I think the president's power is limited, much more than the prime minister in England.

When a president speaks that usually means a lot.

The function of president in France is one of significant symbolic value; it can't be compared with that of prime minister or cabinet member. Everything you do, everything you say - but also what you don't say - suddenly has meaning. That might sound quite formidable or even stressful, but I think it is a product of the history of this role.

My hope is that's something [Donald Trump] is thinking about, because not only is the president of the United States somebody that the entire country looks to for direction but sets the agenda internationally in a lot of ways.

I do think the president's best role is usually as the sort of initiator.

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

The job of Seoul mayor is as important as that of president.

How can a president not be an actor?

Never underestimate the power of an American President in his early days.

In domestic politics, presidents rarely wield independent power; what they wield is influence. Power is the capacity to make people do what you want them to do; influence is the ability to make them want what you want, at least temporarily.

At any given time, when there is a Republican president, typically we regard that person as the leader of the Republican Party.

In addition to the executive responsibility of handling and managing the government, the president has an important voice that sets the tone for much of our national discourse.

To want to become the President is, I think, such a bizarre ambition that it is automatically deranging.

There are a lot of women that I think are very powerful and would be great presidents.

The only person who counts in the administration is the president of the United States.

I don't want to be THE president, but I would like to have A president.

When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to our people.

I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them.

I think where I get frustrated at times was the belief that the president can do anything if he just decides he wants to do it.

I think he [Donald Trump] is generally a good person, but you know what? He had no business being president of the United States. If I thought he did, I wouldn't be running. I'd be helping him.

It's far from clear in general that Donald Trump is a guy who really thinks about the details of policy and is going to do the kind of heavy lifting you have to do as president to get those policies through in Congress. I think the hope is that Paul Ryan and his crew will push policies through Congress and Trump will just sign them. That's not really how policy works.

I think most presidents are amazed at the overwhelming responsibility they have when they enter office and the tremendous amount of work there is. See, a modern president has far more responsibility than a president years ago. And if I were rewriting the Constitution, I would suggest a president be more like a monarch and then have a prime minister under him.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

I sometimes call Donald Trump the placebo president. He will talk a big game, but for domestic policy I think change remarkably little.