Presidential Quotes

Presidential Quote of the day

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

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

I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.

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

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

There is nothing left to do but get drunk.

While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.

The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Working on your biceps? Try chopping down a cherry tree.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.

I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.

If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.

The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

I did not have sexual relations with that woman

Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.

You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.

Two problems of our country - energy and malaise.

The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses.

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.

A zebra can not change it's spots.

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.

Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.

There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.

No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise.

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.