Rahm Emanuel Quotes

I ended up being the 43rd president of the United States. It was an awesome experience, and I'm glad I did it.

To Barack and Michelle Obama - America owes you an enormous debt of gratitude.

The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged in weaving a background of music for the pageantry of it, there came a deeper realization of the effect of that office on the man.

I have absolutely no interest in running for president again.

Every election is different, every context is different. I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president Bill Clinton was important.

I'm not looking to be anyone's vice president. I looking to be the president of the United States. Or, I'll be a private citizen, there's nothing wrong with being a private citizen.

Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

Donald Trump ought to realise that being a president is different to being a candidate and that there is a responsibility that comes with the office.

I've been asked several times over the years to become president, and I've always said no, because I didn't want to give up all the time from my work. The position won't be open for another year, but if they still want me then, I'll do it; I'll speak out as often as I can from that platform.

Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished.

I will tell you, running for President, the money I spent is peanuts compared to the money I won't make. And that's O.K. because this is so important. What I'm doing is so important.

I may not agree with everything, but our President, just like President [George W.] Bush did, is trying to do his best under difficult circumstances.

Running for president was a good decision.

I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace.

I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems like every generation is always trying to come to terms with Lincoln.

Governor Romney may be running for CEO, I'm running for President.

At the end of the day, my hat goes off to anybody trying to run for president, or trying to be president, because you're never going to please everybody, it's not possible.

I do think the president's best role is usually as the sort of initiator.

The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

I have had a great time as president.

If you hear what people had to say about Abraham Lincoln or what they had to say about FDR, or what they had to say about Ronald Reagan when he first came in and was trying to change our approach to government, that elicited huge responses.

There have been many Presidents of the United States and the roll will be indefinitely extended. We have had a number of brilliant soldiers, but only one great general.

I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime.

One day,I might be able to tell my grandkids I interviewed the last president of the United States.