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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country. -- Ted Cruz
The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world. -- John Sununu
In the first State of the Union of his second term, President Bush made clear to Americans tonight that he is not going to play the role of a lame duck President. -- Jim Sensenbrenner
Dick Cheney and Al Gore have redefined the role of the vice president in the minds of the public. It should be a big job, beyond simply checking the health status of the president. -- Chuck Todd
Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future. -- Mitt Romney
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is the role of Congress to debate and authorize this before the President acts precipitously. -- Joe Pitts
One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level. -- John C. Maxwell
Both Kennedy and Obama exuded a dash of glamour in their roles as commander-in-chief and became the darlings of Hollywood. As president, each brought to the White House a fashionable and accomplished First Lady, two adorable young children and scene-stealing pets. -- Kitty Kelley
For a bill to become law, it truly has to be the will of the people, and for a president to stop the will of the people and stop what you're trying to do in your state is not the role of Washington. -- Nikki Haley
In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States, a role in which every day he renders what was once extraordinary almost ordinary. -- Jodi Kantor
I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity. -- Boris Trajkovski
I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center, and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on energy conservation, on environment, and things of that kind. -- Jimmy Carter
Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job. -- Nicolas Sarkozy
So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart. -- Tina Turner
The president's personal staff has a unique role -- Colin Powell
I do think the president's best role is usually as the sort of initiator. -- Tim Kaine
President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader... -- Aberjhani
If you asked central casting in Hollywood for somebody to play the role of President, they'd send you John Connally. -- Phil Crane
The published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer. -- Julianne Malveaux
The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president. -- John McCain
Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice . -- Orrin Hatch
We need a return to transparency and a system of checks and balances, to a president who respects Congress' role of oversight and accountability. -- Hillary Clinton
As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital. -- Donald Evans
We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive. -- Arne Duncan
If I've got any small role in this matter, it's to say to Scots Americans: under no circumstances make Donald Trump President of the United States of America. -- Alex Salmond

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