Presidency Quotes

The presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses.

I must, in candor, say I do not think myself fit for the Presidency.

While I hold myself without mock modesty, the humblest of all individuals that have ever been elevated to the Presidency, I have a more difficult task to perform than any one of them.

I have been occupying a position, since the Presidential election, of silence, of avoiding public speaking, of avoiding public writing. I have been doing so because I thought, upon full consideration, that was the proper course for me to take.

I bring to the work [of president] an honest heart; I dare not tell you that I bring a head sufficient for it.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.