John Newcombe Quotes

I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet.

Weak presidents are neither respected nor electorally rewarded by their publics.

In the absence of formal written platforms, the antecedents of candidates become their platforms. On just such platforms all our earlier and better Presidents were elected.

Americans, unlike their elected politicians, are not stupid.

I'm like President Bush. You may not like me, you may not respect me, but you voted me in.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.

There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager.

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

There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That might be true, although sadly I must admit that running a brilliant campaign does not translate into running a brilliant White House.

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.

If the people of the United States can be trusted to elect a President for one term, or two terms, they also can be trusted to determine whether he should be considered in office for a third term.

Party leaders must have not only the confidence of the party, but the confidence of the people.

Samuel J. Tilden says we are a nation of thieves and rascals. If that is so he ought to be President.

Roosevelt knew never to lose control of the majority of American opinion, unlike his greatest democratic contemporaries, Churchill and De Gaulle, who at times suffered spectacular rejections by their electorates.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President.

It is very clear in my mind that the French people elected Emmanuel, and they haven't elected me, although they knew, of course, that we were a couple.

Anybody would be a vast improvement over Obama.

Any person should have enough sense to know that a PM should have public support. Numbers should be with them.

We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good.

There is a tendency of the American people to give those who are elected an opportunity to carry out their policies and programs.

President Bush's approval ratings have taken somewhat of a dive. A senior slump, if you will. Leading President Bush to one conclusion: He is the only one who realizes what a great job he's being doing.

Here's a man who was twice elected to the most powerful position on Earth despite needing a TelePrompTer to correctly identify what year it was.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States.