Famous quotes by Presidents

"There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right"

Ronald Reagan, President

"Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face"

Ronald Reagan, President

"Unemployment insurance is a prepaid vacation for freeloaders"

Ronald Reagan, President

"Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours"

Ronald Reagan, President

"It's true, hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?"

Ronald Reagan, President

"All great change in America begins at the dinner table"

Ronald Reagan, President

"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"Never spend your money before you have earned it"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement, the greater part of life is sunshine"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"One man with courage is a majority"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"If God is just, I tremble for my country"

Thomas Jefferson, President

"With self-discipline most anything is possible"

Theodore Roosevelt, President

"The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits"

Theodore Roosevelt, President

"The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens, they need a kick in the seat of the pants"

Theodore Roosevelt, President

"The government is us; we are the government, you and I"

Theodore Roosevelt, President

"Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering"

Theodore Roosevelt, President

"Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind"

Theodore Roosevelt, President

"Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe"

Theodore Roosevelt, President

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