Famous quotes containing the words elected president, elected, president and/or general:
“But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. A Galileo could no more be elected President of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both posts are reserved for men favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter facts of life in bandages of soft illusion.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride.”
—Max Lerner (b. 1902)
“Never alone
Did the King sigh, but with a general groan.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)