The office of the president is the most powerful in the world. It is also, at times, the most powerless.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens.
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.
Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some point.
I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
To me, the most powerful people in this country, politically, are mayors. If you took all the mayors of the 25 biggest cities and you got them together, you could do more on that level than you ever could through the bureaucracy in Washington.
In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.
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.
You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
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