James K. Glassman Quotes

Never underestimate the power of an American President in his early days.

All recent U.S. presidents have learned the hard way that, despite their immense power, they remain at the mercy of uncontrollable global forces that render their personal views and campaign promises largely irrelevant.

Protection really takes on the personality of the President.

It’s hard for a President to make case for more powers when he has not used the powers he already has.

I don’t know if President (George W.) Bush understood how extreme some of the arguments were about executive power that some people in his administration were making.

Obama is a tyrant the same way FDR was a tyrant. He has a view of presidential power that states: the government is in control of the country, and the president is in charge of the government. He's taken an imperial view of the presidency.

I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up.

That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.

The whole power of the national government is gradually but surely passing under the complete control of our Presidents.

The presidency is not about easy choices.

Is there really a way to restrict the powers of the Commander in Chief ... when one man's swiftly pressing the button may be necessary for some degree of national survival?

Any President has authority who asserts authority.

The danger of undue power in the President is not, to me, formidable.

He [President George W. Bush] really doesn’t want a lot of advice from me.

Making choices is what the Presidency is about.

The concentration of power in the Presidency—in the White House—only grows over time.

Presidential powers are not exercised by a body or group. The Constitution vests 'all executive power' in one and only one person - the president.

I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.

The office of the president is the most powerful in the world. It is also, at times, the most powerless.

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

[In wartime] there is almost always an overstretch [for power] by the President.

The constitution has never greatly bothered any wartime President.

Is there any statute that gives the President authority in any way to change the spelling?

Congressional power has not so much been usurped by the Presidency as given up to the Presidency by Congress.