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In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.

There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.

There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?

The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president.

I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president.

A President cannot always be popular.

While I believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country... and I was certain he would make an extraordinary President... like any mother, I was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got that chance. How would we keep them grounded under the glare of the national spotlight?

Barring public demand, any person who pursues the presidency out of personal ambition must be suffering from a basic genetic defect.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.