Famous quotes by Presidents

Barack Obama, President

"I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war"

Barack Obama, President

"For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents"

Barack Obama, President

"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"

Barack Obama, President

"Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do"

Barack Obama, President

"You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt"

Barack Obama, President

"With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability"

Barack Obama, President

"This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many"

Barack Obama, President

"You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing"

Andrew Jackson, President

"War is a blessing compared with national degradation"

Andrew Jackson, President

"Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations"

Andrew Jackson, President

"To the victors belong the spoils"

Andrew Jackson, President

"The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once"

Andrew Jackson, President

"One man with courage makes a majority"

Andrew Jackson, President

"No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody"

Andrew Jackson, President

"Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit"

Andrew Jackson, President

"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all"

George Washington, President

"Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive"

George Washington, President

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves"

George Washington, President

"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it"

George Washington, President

"The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon"

George Washington, President

"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe"

George Washington, President

"It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company"

George Washington, President

"It is better to be alone than in bad company"

George Washington, President

"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man"

George Washington, President

"I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country"

George Washington, President

"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery"

George Washington, President

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives"

James Madison, President

"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted"

James Madison, President

"It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad"

James Madison, President

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