Presidential Decree Quotes

Theodore Roosevelt provoked an outcry when he banned Christmas Trees from the White House as a conservationist measure, but he relented when convinced that his position was untenable.

That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.

The President cannot be disturbed. [The reporter quickly replied, "Well when he wakes up, just tell him he isn't President.

Is there any statute that gives the President authority in any way to change the spelling?

… with the stroke of a pen.

Presidential powers are not exercised by a body or group. The Constitution vests 'all executive power' in one and only one person - the president.

The Military Commissions Act gives the President the privilege of kings.

As of now, I am in control here in the White House.

Having been elected President, one of my first acts was to send the Pope a cable: “Unpack!”

With a glance, a nod, and a few words, without consulting anyone other than the President, the brothers could mobilize the full power of the United States anywhere in the world.

The president named Obama is probably not going to repeal the bill that's named after him.

The executive orders. Barack Obama is doing it again with this ban that he thinks is in perpetuity on offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean and north of Alaska. It's bad what Obama's trying to do, and I know exactly what he is doing with this. But the first thing is, the areas that Obama has, by executive order, declared off-limits are areas nobody wants to drill in anyway. There are no plans to drill off the coast, the East Coast of the country out in the Atlantic, and there are no plans to drill north of Alaska in the Arctic Circle.

John Bolton doesn't get to decide policy. The president does.

President of the United States is you know, our boss, so you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen.

In my tenure I had three one-on-one meetings in the Oval Office with the President, and I can assure you that you remember every word of those meetings. Abd if the President indicates what he would like or prefer, you do not take that as optional.

There is one thing about being President—nobody can tell you when to sit down.

And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God.

Cabinet members may disagree and even resign in protest, but, ultimately, they must obey the order of the Commander-in-Chief.

By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.

Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool.

The President has now taken entire charge, his instructions are very brief and not clear, they are not issued with adequate knowledge of what has gone on before ...