Presidential Vision Quotes

It is very important that the president thematically shows where we're going in terms of the vision and an agenda.

Lincoln has no conception of his situation—much absorption in the details of office dispensation, but little application to great ideas.

The good thing about Cruz is we know who he is today, and we'll know exactly who he'll be in the White House.

My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barac k Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.

The presidency is not a collegial body... He will surround himself with people who share his vision.

The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.

I wasn't part of John Kennedy's vision of the world, or Lyndon Johnson's. I thought of them as anti-Communist imperial monsters.

I think all presidents should take the long view of history.

Obama was the first American president to see technology as an engine to improve lives and accelerate society more quickly than any government body could.

The American people want their presidents to articulate big ideas and leave the details to the eggheads.

The entire purpose of the State of the Union Address is for the president to outline where we stand as a nation.

The book shows Clinton in the presidency as a profile in growth.

I've seen Trump off the campaign trail, and I truly do believe that he has the leadership qualities and the vision to make America great again.

There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.

Trump has a bigger, longer-term vision for this country than just sitting as a president for four years. He really does. And that's what I was impressed by.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.

Trump's vision for America parallels greatly with the vision that Ronald Reagan used and he implemented to revive the country during a very similar time where we had a president who told us that we were in a time of malaise in the American economy and that things are just gonna be that way for a while. Reagan steps up in that great first inaugural address and says, "And why shouldn't we dream great dreams? After all, we're Americans." And the American people came roaring back, the American economy came back.

When you look at the development of the American presidency, you see that the presidents who have had the greatest impact are the ones who fit their times most successfully.

All of the American presidents, certainly all of the notable ones, have been pretty original.

Trump has never been clear and consistent about what he will do as president.

Presidents seem to fall into two positive categories: they're one of us, or they're heroes. Both McCain and Obama probably see themselves as potential heroes - presidents who will be looked up to, not presidents everyday people will remark are 'just like me.'

The notion of a defense that will protect American cities is one that will not be achieved, but it is that goal that supplies the political magic, as it were, in the president's vision.