Ken Cuccinelli Quotes

The nature of the Presidency is such that you are always asking yourself what else could you be doing?.

When you're in the real world as President of the United States it doesn't go according to the script.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was going on around him. I felt the pressures that were on him. You can see what people were writing to him, how they were nudging him.

Five years ago, when I was elected, I had the feeling that the president doesn't have much to do. I've realized, though, that this is not a rubber-stamp position.

The presidency is not about easy choices.

The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and Gen. Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure.

There's this intense media spotlight; there's a need to be transparent, and, 'Oh, by the way, I'm also trying to fight a war at the same time.' It's a challenge, but it goes with the job.

Governing has always been hard.

I think what happens when you are prime minister is no day is the same and every day you are under pressure. And there is always so much happening that the days just flash by and flash into weeks.

He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?

Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you're in charge of running a country, you're under scrutiny all the time. That's a trap.

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.

I love Obama's calm and dignity. A lot of people confuse that with being aloof, but I know people that have held that job. It's a 24-hour barrage of information.

I wouldn't want to be President now!

I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.

It sure is hell to be president.

Leaders respond when they perceive that there will be a political cost of inaction.

In baseball it’s three strikes and you’re out. What is it for the Secretary of Defense? …. Isn’t it time for you to resign.

When you are President you have to get something done, and that often means compromise.

You cannot make elected officials … do what they will not do.

Part of your job as President is not only to make the tough calls, but to get people to agree with you.

The presidency is a place that is hemmed with all sorts of constraints and limitations. I don't think the American people quite know that the presidency is really a juggling act of competing pressures.

Every time a mayor makes a big decision, half the people are against him. After his first 5 decisions the only ones left who support him are his family and a few friends.