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Presidents are not only the country's principal policy chief, shaping the nation's domestic and foreign agendas, but also the most visible example of our values.

Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given to the legislative body.

The functions of the president are prescribed by the Constitution, but his real achievements are not set by the letter of the law. They are determined rather by his personality, the weight of his influence, his capacity for managing men, and the strength and effectiveness of the party forces behind him.

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.

The principal of unity and indivisibility of the republic are the essential reference points.

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.

Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation.

The truest statesmanship to which any feeble mortal can ever aspire is the sincere effort to apply the Savior's principles to human government.

Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.