David Greenberg Quotes

We admire the President. We support the President. But we don't work for the President.

It has of late … become fashionable to attach very little importance to the office of Vice President; to consider it a matter but of small consequence who the man may be; to view his post merely as an idle post of honor, and the incumbent as a cypher in the government … as a fifth wheel to a coach. The Vice President is not only the second officer of Government in point of rank but of importance, and should be a man possessing and worthy of the confidence of the nation.

I respect the office of the president.

I've had to learn to understand Presidents.

The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it.

See, one of the interesting things in the Oval Office - I love to bring people into the Oval Office - right around the corner from here - and say, this is where I office, but I want you to know the office is always bigger than the person.

There are always going to be people who want to be president, and some days I'd like to give it to them.

I enjoyed being President.

I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

Elected presidents are for countries.

I think I should be a president. President of the United States.

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.

I don't even want to be president!

Vice president - it has such a nice ring to it!

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Some day I shall be President.

No government, be it the most perfect, can stand without strong executive authority.

His Highness the President, Protector of the Liberties of the United States

Ministers do not function well when they are unsure of their authority or of their standing with the Leader [ the Prime Minister]

The Presidency is the repository of the people’s power.

I’ve never formally been number 1 in the Party, but everybody keeps hanging around me, showing me deference. I have to give the nod on every important decision. I carry too much weight and that is not good for the Party or the state.

The President’s own

The presidency is an office for which none of us is great enough.

Ultimately the Presidency is about the President.