Quotes
from US Presidents
Fishing
is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine
simplicity of our forefathers.
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
I
would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a
military guard around the President.
Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.
A
democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people
may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
Legislation
can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the
expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.
I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.
Any
jackass can kick down a barn but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.
And
so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you
can do for your country.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
A
friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
A
pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who
assemble and administer the government in person.
And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
War
should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
A
little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.
A
man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Don't
get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with
those he respects.
Change
will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the
ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
I
think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.
A
Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular
governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without
parties.
With
the
All
the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Democracy
is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government
ever devised by man.
Happiness
lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
I
do not look upon these
Big
jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Don't
hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
As
the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the
whole country.
No
tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of
conduct for other people.
I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
A
pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is
one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Always
be sincere, even if you don't mean it.
Wealth
can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of
frugality.
I
can never consent to being dictated to.
Associate
with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to
be alone than in bad company.
If
the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like
sheep to the slaughter.
Democracy
is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
Absolute
identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful
leadership.