"I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them."
~ President George H W Bush ~
''Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president.''
~ President Barack Obama, at the 2008 Al Smith Dinner ~
"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."
~ President George W Bush, at a 2001 Washington Dinner ~
''Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.''
~ President Bill Clinton ~
''My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.''
~ President Jimmy Carter ~
