Presidency quotes

“You're telling me that the entire population of Great Britain went and elected a deranged psychotic to the highest office of the land? Again?”
Loretta Swit - President Barbara Adams

“There's one good thing about a reactionary President, he's not into health foods. Last one, we didn't have lunch, we grazed.”
James McEachin - Victor Milson

“I'll be damned to let history put me in the same place as the likes of you.”

Tom Wilkinson - President Lyndon B. Johnson

“I have had a vision that I am going to be President of the United States someday. And nobody, and I mean nobody is going to stop me!”
Martin Sheen - Greg Stillson

“Mr. President, our early analysis says this probably was written by Khruschev himself. It's a first draft; it shows no signs of being polished by the foreign ministry. In fact, it probably wasn't even approved by the Politburo, as they wouldn't let the emotionalism go by. The analysts say it was written by someone under considerable stress.”

Peter White - John McCone

“- Carter: Secret Service Agent James Carter, I like the sound of it. Won't be long before I'm in Washington D.C. protectin' the President.
- Lee: We both know you wouldn't take a bullet for someone else.
- Carter: Yeah but they don't know that.”
Chris Tucker - Carter
Jackie Chan - Lee

“- Elvis Presley: No offense, Jack, but President Kennedy was a white man.
- Jack: They dyed me this color! That's how clever they are!”
Bruce Campbell - Elvis Presley
Ossie Davis - Jack

“Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable, sensible human being.”
Jim Belushi

“- President Matt Douglas: Let me ask you something. In all the years ex-presidents have had Secret Service protection, has there ever been even one assassination attempt on any of 'em?
- Chet: Uh, no, sir.
- President Matt Douglas: I find that sad. The minute you're out of office they don't care enough about you to kill you anymore. People are...” (continue)(continue reading)
James Garner - President Matt Douglas
Wayne Duvall - Chet

“This is something you don't see every day.”

Matt Craven - Agent Kellerman

“My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.”
Liev Schreiber

“When you look at Kennedy and Nixon, TV played a crucial part in Kennedy's popularity. He was incredibly photogenic, while Nixon was this scowling figure. American viewers judged him on his appearance on TV.”
Peyton Reed

“- Romero: You touch me, he dies. If you're not in the air in thirty seconds, he dies. You come back in, he dies. Twenty seconds.
- Hauk: I'm ready to talk.
- Romero: Nineteen. Eighteen.
- Hauk: What do you want?
- Romero: Seventeen. Sixteen.
- Hauk: Let's go. Let's go!”

Frank Doubleday - Romero
Lee Van Cleef - Hauk

"Appropriate? George Washington's likeness in a water closet?" "Yes", said Mr. Allen, "where it will do good service. The world knows nothing will make an Englishman shit quicker than the sight of George Washington.".

Daniel Day-Lewis - Abraham Lincoln

“You see, Jonah? This is the sort of man a president needs around him. Someone who is not afraid to speak his mind.”

Forest Whitaker - Idi Amin

“- Captain Monroe Kelly: They just blew up the president's car.
- Eddie Ventro: That was the president's car? Did they get him?
- Captain Monroe Kelly: That's the bad news: no, they didn't.”

Ernie Hudson - Captain Monroe Kelly
Joe Pantoliano - Eddie Ventro

“- Eleanor Roosevelt: Harry, the President is dead.
- Harry S. Truman: Mrs. Roosevelt, is there anything I can do for you?
- Eleanor Roosevelt: Oh! Is there anything we can do for you? You are the one in trouble now.”
Marian Seldes - Eleanor Roosevelt
Gary Sinise - Harry S. Truman

“You took a bullet for the President of the United States. And in the 25 years since, you haven't even made shift supervisor on a presidential detail, and that I know you wanted. But they don't put guys who bend the rules, not even a little bit, in charge of P.P.D.”
Kiefer Sutherland - David Breckinridge

“The best thing about visiting the President is the food! Now, since it was all free, and I wasn't hungry but thirsty, I must've drunk me fifteen Dr. Peppers.”
Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

“- Finnerty: Your first act as president is going to be bombing the White House?
- Raphelson: Believe me. Our country is stronger than one house.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Finnerty
Richard Jenkins - Raphelson

“The biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss, the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year. Sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a...” (continue)(continue reading)

Nicolas Cage - Yuri Orlov

“I think the President's gonna become an international suspect.”
Wesley Snipes - Detective Regis

“- Cathy Weaver: He named his dog after Ronald Reagan.
- Al Sanders: Well, he ain't all bad.”
Debra Winger - Cathy Weaver
Albert Hall - Al Sanders

“- Denzil Eisenhower: You cant be judge, jury, and executioner at the same time. It's just not the American way.
- Winston Churchill: Hey, you'll never get to be President if you're runnin' that kinda policy.”
Romany Malco - Denzil Eisenhower
Christian Slater - Winston Churchill

“- Zeus Carver: That's it!
- John McClane: What?
- Zeus Carver: Hillary Clinton. The 42nd President.
- John McClane: Nah, she'd be the 43rd President.
- Zeus Carver: Alright, alright. But who's the 21st President?
- John McClane: I don't know.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Zeus Carver
Bruce Willis - John McClane