Quotes from US Presidents

Barack Obama  

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.

 

Franklin Pierce  

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 Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.

 

Ronald Reagan  

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.

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt  

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.  

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

 

Theodore Roosevelt  

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.

 

William Howard Taft  

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.

 

Zachary Taylor  

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

 

Harry S. Truman  

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.

 

John Tyler  

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.  

I can never consent to being dictated to.

 

George Washington  

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.

 

Woodrow Wilson  

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.

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