The thing is that we live in a presidential system with a parliamentary constitution. Congress has a lot of weight in Brazil, and the president cannot always do when he wants; he does what he can.
Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress to repeal the PATRIOT Act.
I want to become the president of all the people of France - the president of the patriots in the face of the threat from the nationalists.
If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula.
The case could be made that Rick Perry is the worst debater to ever run for president.
If there is one person in Nigeria that believes that petroleum prices should not go up by one naira, it is President Buhari.
If I missed my moment, I missed my moment. I mean, I wasn't pining to be president of the United States.
No President can achieve everything or please everyone.
I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.
The Eisenhower Memorial competition and project have stirred a remarkable polemic, the center of which is not President Eisenhower or Washington, D.C. but Mr. Gehry and the values he promulgates.
When President Trump attacks the media and his political opponents for criticizing him, he's attacking our founding principles.
A President cannot always be popular.
The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.
When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
A significant U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan has been continuous since October 2001, and President Obama's short-lived 'surge' in 2009 was a continuation of his predecessor's buildup there.
There's a preponderance of scientists and engineers among China's rulers. New President Xi Jinping was trained as a chemical engineer. His predecessor, Hu Jintao, earned a degree in hydraulic engineering. His predecessor, Jiang Zemin, held a degree in electrical engineering.
Trudeau, like President Barack Obama, is a champion of change.
President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, and get this, not only that, President Bush signed a $10 million deal to read a book by 2003.
I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama.
