Molly Ivins Quotes

A common person can never again be President of the United States.

Here, anyone can become president. We've had haberdashers, generals, lawyers, peanut farmers, community organizers and a real estate developer, to name a few. But perhaps no one had a better resume than George H.W. Bush.

I would never say President Obama doesn't have the capacity to continue to serve because of his statement that there are 56 states.

Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.

The president of the United States is a commander-in-chief, and the president of the United States, you know, executes the laws and tries to motivate the American public to make changes that are necessary. It's not necessarily a CEO type of position.

A candidate's faith is not the only consideration, but should be a major consideration in electing the president of the United States.

American presidential leadership never goes out of style.

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president.

If you are running for the presidency of the United States, you better have a strong opinion.

Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember the 'Phil Gramm for President' campaign. I thought that was the worst thing in the history of the world, but Rick Perry was possibly worse.

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.

Those who know Governor Roosevelt [TR] must believe that he is much better fitted for the Presidency than is Mr. McKinley.

We elect our presidents to protect U. S. national interests.

The United States ought to be able to choose for its president anybody that it wants, regardless of the number of terms he has served.

I suport every President.

Conservatives looking at presidential candidates have to ask what kind of leader they want sitting in the White House.

I was a history and government major at Ohio State University, and I've spent a lot of time just fiddling around with who the next president's going to be, over the years, or who would I like to see in that job, or whatever. And I've come to believe, without any reservation, in this era, the best-prepared person for this job by far is Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton cannot be the president of the United States.

I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him.

If I wanted to be president, and if I were ever serious about it, the biggest thing I would have going for me is that I'm a conservative.

I've been wrong on everything about Trump; I've been wrong about everything on the Republican side of the ledger. But allow me - with that caveat - to made the prediction that Donald Trump will not be the president of the United States. It just will not happen.

You can always find people, ordinary people, who will support your particular view, so it becomes a politics of personality, especially at the presidential level. People often go for somebody that they like or somebody that they can identify with.

I think you do need two terms as a president.

Hillary doesn't play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime - yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.

I believe that if you want to be president of the United States, you run for president. You don't run for president with some eject button in the cockpit that allows you to go on an exit ramp if it doesn't work out.