presidency

is achieved by acting as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client.

To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client.

is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

Being President is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

is like riding a tiger in that a man has to keep on riding or be swallowed.

I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or be swallowed.

is the greased pig in the field game of American politics.

is an office for which it is necessary to raise and spend a billion dollars for the privilege of being vilified while living and having a high school named after you when you are dead.

is a job which no person capable of getting themselves elected to should on no account be allowed to do.

is a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopaedia of cliches as first price.

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize.

 will come to represent, more and more closely - as democracy is perfected - the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

As democracy is perfected, the [presidency] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. [Ed. Some people believe this has already occurred]

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