T. D. Jakes Quotes

There is no doubt a president has to govern for everyone.

When I ran the first time in 2001, they called me 'The Latino Mayor.' By the time I left in 2013, with a 58 percent approval rating, half the people liked me, half the people didn't. I was everybody's mayor. There was never any criticism that I was just for one group.

I want everybody to hear loud and clear that I'm going to be the president of everybody.

I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really does want to make a difference.

I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.

Obama's a great speaker. Because of his speaking ability and his appearance, a lot of guys got on board. Being the first African American, a lot guys got on board.

The president is a president for all Singaporeans. Not only for those who have voted for me, but even for those who have not voted for me.

As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.

I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful.

Anytime I look at a president, I don't care what color he is.

When I become mayor it will not be of LaSalle Street nor of State Street, but of all the people.

As long as I am your president, I am going to be president of all the people.

I promise: I will be a prime minister to everyone. For right and left, for settlers, Haredim, Druze, Arabs, Circassians. I will be prime minister for the center and for the periphery, for students and senior citizens.

I believe that the mayor of the most diverse city anywhere in the world has to be a uniter, has to be someone that's comfortable in every community, has to be someone that represents all of us.

If everyone can say, looking at Obama, that is he is one of us, is that not befitting for the leading country in the world?

Well, I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans and independents, for the struggling, the striving, the successful, for all those who vote for me and for those who don't. For all Americans together.

I believe people want a President for all Americans. And so I'm out there talking about what we can do for every single American.

In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate.

Throughout my career in public service, the residents I have had the privilege of fighting for have embraced who I am, especially my Palestinian roots. This is what I want to bring to the United States Congress: an unapologetic display of the fabric of the people in this country.

As president, I want to be a citizen who can communicate with all Argentines.

I want to make it very clear from day one that we are a government for everyone.

I'll be the mayor of all the people.

The president needs to be a figure that unites Singaporeans. In order to do that, he needs to be someone who not only understands the viewpoints held by the establishment, but those held by the other more divergent sectors of society.

I will be president for all South Koreans.