Presidential Views Quotes

I don't know of any President, now or in the past, who does not favor lower interest rates. That's the American way.

For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts.

Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity.

We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn't appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known.

Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education.

One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country.

President-elect Trump wants to win them if you're going to be involved in a war. I don't think he wants to be involved in war, but when we are, he wants to win.

Foreign aid ... has never been popular with the American people, but every President has regarded it as essential.

I didn't vote for President Obama, but I think he is our president, and I like and dislike decisions of any president in office.

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press

George W. Bush was interviewed by NBC. He was on the Today show and he was asked about President Trump's visa suspension. They asked Bush what he thinks about this, and if I'm not mistaken, I don't think he mentioned [Donald] Trump by name, but he said "I wish our immigration system were more welcoming," is what he said.

When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views.