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Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself.

The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk too much, like Bill Clinton. Some presidents try to talk but don't know how, like George Bush senior.

Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.

True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are eager to believe that presidents manage to rise above the limitations that beset the rest of us.

One of the least appealing aspects of modern presidential candidates is that, to avoid saying anything that might prove to be an embarrassing, costly blunder, they cling to a rigid set of talking points that reveal as little as possible about what they really think and who they really are.

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.

If you're a speech writer for a president, you don't really see all that much of him because there's so many layers between you and him. But with a vice president, it's different.

The President doesn't ring people out of the blue, so you know you've done something well.

I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.

The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.