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    The President is merely the most important among a large number
    of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to
    the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct,
    his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and
    disinterested service to the nation as a whole. Therefore it is
    absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell
    the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly as
    necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when
    he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both
    base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of
    the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or
    wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally
    treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should
    be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more
    important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him
    than about any one else.

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In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks
you take.

In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks
you take.

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I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any
more broccoli!

I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any
more broccoli!

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The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when read more

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

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President Bush is taking the entire month of August off. Bush said today he thinks it is important for a read more

President Bush is taking the entire month of August off. Bush said today he thinks it is important for a president to spend time away from Washington. Or at least that's what Dick Cheney told him.

by Jay Leno Found in: Presidency Quotes,
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Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following him. Finally, someone told him, read more

Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following him. Finally, someone told him, 'Psst. That's the Secret Service.'

by Jay Leno Found in: Presidency Quotes,
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I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it read more

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation

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President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward read more

President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.

by Conan O'brien Found in: Presidency Quotes,
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The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter read more

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

by Lyndon B. Johnson Found in: Presidency Quotes,
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You really have to experience the feeling of being with the
president in the oval office. . . . read more

You really have to experience the feeling of being with the
president in the oval office. . . . It's a disease I came to call
Ovalitis.

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