Presidential wisdom

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

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
- Douglas Adams

There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
- Kurt Vonnegut

In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to belive it.
- Clarence Darrow

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
- David Broder

courtesy of The Quotations Page