I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second. Votes: 4
I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school. Votes: 4
I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president. Votes: 4
I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress. Votes: 4
I was class president, on the cheerleading squad, in a competitive show choir, and in, like, six different clubs. Votes: 4
I was a sidelines child: never class president, never team captain, never the one with the most valentines in my box. Votes: 4
I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper. Votes: 4
I guess I was one of the popular kids. I played soccer, I was class president - I even dated the homecoming queen. Votes: 4
My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won. Votes: 4
Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president. Votes: 3
When I was a senior, I ran for class president. And I lost. One of my opponents even told me I was "really stupid" if I thought a girl could be elected president. Votes: 3
I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper. It gave me a way to show who I was without being angry or violent. Votes: 3
All the kids in the cast tell me they hated high school, but I had the best time. I guess I was one of the popular kids. I played soccer, I was class president"I even dated the homecoming queen. Votes: 3
Obama is the new kid with the weird name who people just sense is a little classier than his surroundings. He moved from a private school where he was class president and is now at the giant public high school with the metal detectors and the smoking lounge. Votes: 3
The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I ran again in the senior year with the same result. But opportunity came ironically, or fortunately, when I returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Navy. Votes: 3
I was the guy who was friends with everybody. Yes, I had my core group of friends, but I wasn't part of a clique that excluded people. I hope they thought I was a nice guy. I tried to be just friendly and outgoing. I was class president. I'm supposed to run my class reunion in 2013. Votes: 3
I admire President Obama's class and measure. Votes: 2
President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education. Votes: 2
Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity. Votes: 2
I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was vice president of my class. Votes: 2
We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive. Votes: 2
A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find this attractive. Votes: 2
The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place. Votes: 2
Having won re-election convincingly and against the economic odds, President Obama quickly made good on his promise of maintaining taxes as they are for the middle class while raising them on the wealthiest Americans. Votes: 2
But this convention is about more than re-nominating President Obama. It's about Americans coming together to build one economy - not from the top down, but from the middle class out and the bottom up. Votes: 2
Today, families like the one I grew up in still believe in that American dream. But as President Obama says, it's a make-or-break moment for the middle class. Mitt Romney's plans would make things worse. Votes: 2
The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars. Votes: 2
Middle class Americans don't ask for special favors, they just want basic fairness, and a President who fights for that ideal. Votes: 0
When President-elect [Donald] Trump wants to take on these issue, when his goal is to increase the economic security of middle class families, then count me in. Votes: 0
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. Votes: 5 Frederick Douglass
All I ever wanted to be was president of the American League. Votes: 4 A. Bartlett Giamatti