Here are some quotes about the Presidency or politics in general by people other than Presidents:
[blockquote cite=”Adlai Stevenson”]In America, anybody can be president. That’s one of the risks you take.[/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Clarence Darrow”]When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I’m beginning to believe it. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Ambrose Bierce”]Presidency: The greased pig in the field game of American politics. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Alexis de Toqueville”]On my arrival in the United States I was struck by the degree of ability among the governed and the lack of it among the governing. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Max Lerner”]A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Babe Ruth (response to getting paid more than President Hoover)”]I know, but I had a better year than (President Herbert) Hoover. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Oscar Ameringer”]Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Edward Kennedy”]Frankly, I don’t mind not being president. I just mind that someone else is. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Henry Clay”]I’d rather be right than President. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Will Rogers”]The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Alistair Cooke”]All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely the presidency. The people are well cured by then of election fever, during which they think they are choosing Moses. In the third year, they look on the man as a sinner and a bumble and begin to poke around for rumors of another Messiah. [/blockquote]
