Famous quotes by Presidents

"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather, it condemns the oppression or persecution of others"

John F. Kennedy, President

"I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it"

John F. Kennedy, President

"It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"I'm the only president you've got"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"Freedom is not enough"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"A man without a vote, is man without protection"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"The press is the enemy"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"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

"I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say?"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"I have impeached myself by resigning"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"Tell them to send everything that can fly"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get"

Richard M. Nixon, President

"By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time"

Richard M. Nixon, President

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