When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I grew up believing that I could be the president of the United States. I was told I could be whatever I wanted.
In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.
When I was growing up, I was told you could be anything you want to be, but I didn't really believe that because you couldn't be president. Like, I knew that; we never had a black 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.
In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.
I always wanted to become president! When I was a kid, I was obsessed with politics.
I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president.
In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president.
I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.