Presidential Relations Quotes

Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy.

Congress ... is far more than the simple, limited advisory council that most Presidents would like to maintain.

I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did.

He [President George W. Bush] really doesn’t want a lot of advice from me.

Every President hates the Press.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

In the fullness of time, every President ends up hating his Vice President.

The Congress has sometimes been a sore trial to Presidents.

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

More than any other president, save perhaps John F Kennedy, whose father ran a film studio, and Ronald Reagan, a leading man and governor of California, Trump is on a buddy basis with media moguls, a speed dialer with the heads of studios and media conglomerates.