Presidential Burden Quotes

You have an administration which understands America's international responsibilities and interests, but you have a population which is anxious, tired, and doesn't want to bear any burden and pay any price. And that's very difficult for whoever becomes president.

President Obama recently sat down with ESPN and said the NCAA should reduce the shot clock for basketball games. Then he said, 'And while we're at it, is there any way they can reduce the 'being president clock?'

There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the President has to make often affect the lives of tens of millions of people around the world, but that does not mean that they should take longer to make. Some men can make decisions and some cannot. Some men fret and delay under criticism. I used to have a saying that applies here, and I note that some people have picked it up, If you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Every president, if you watch what they look like when they come into office, you can see their hair turn white because it's such a hard job.

In the best of circumstances, the Trump family business and questions about conflicts will be a burden to his presidency. There is no off-the-shelf ethics plan that would cover every possible conflict.

Obama isn't just too big to fail. He's too big to know. Obama is so vital to the country and to the world, he must be kept out of the loop in order to save him from his failed presidency.

I can't think of a president who has been overburdened by a knowledge of economics.

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.

Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.

There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.

God knows that any man who would seek the presidency of the United States is a fool for his pains. The burden is all but intolerable, and the things that I have to do are just as much as the human spirit can carry.

America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.

I believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world.