Famous quotes by Presidents

Small: We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors
Lyndon B. Johnson
"We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration
Lyndon B. Johnson
"There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was and no matter how b
Lyndon B. Johnson
"The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: Only two things are necessary to keep ones wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the m
Lyndon B. Johnson
"If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: Im the only president youve got
Lyndon B. Johnson
"I'm the only president you've got"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it
Lyndon B. Johnson
"I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: The press is the enemy
Richard M. Nixon
"The press is the enemy"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest moun
Richard M. Nixon
"Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a who
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
Small: I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I cant even lift them
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is mi
Richard M. Nixon
"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business
Richard M. Nixon
"I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
Small: Youve got to learn to survive a defeat. Thats when you develop character
Richard M. Nixon
"You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: You wont have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference
Richard M. Nixon
"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the
Richard M. Nixon
"You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them
Richard M. Nixon
"The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: Defeat doesnt finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when hes defeated. Hes finished when he quits
Richard M. Nixon
"Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities tha
Richard M. Nixon
"Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that"
Richard M. Nixon, President
Small: Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place
John F. Kennedy
"Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place"
John F. Kennedy, President
Small: My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now
John F. Kennedy
"My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now"
John F. Kennedy, President
Small: If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich
John F. Kennedy
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich"
John F. Kennedy, President
Small: The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human pov
John F. Kennedy
"The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life"
John F. Kennedy, President
Small: The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and
John F. Kennedy
"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission"
John F. Kennedy, President
Small: Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all
John F. Kennedy
"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all"
John F. Kennedy, President