Famous quotes by Presidents

"I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes"

George W. Bush, President

"I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging"

George W. Bush, President

"I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand"

George W. Bush, President

"I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon"

George W. Bush, President

"I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch"

George W. Bush, President

"I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest"

George W. Bush, President

"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well"

George W. Bush, President

"Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure"

George W. Bush, President

"Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States"

George W. Bush, President

"We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Perhaps, one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"One with the law is a majority"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me, I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"I have noticed that nothing I never said, ever did me any harm"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion"

Calvin Coolidge, President

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

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Duty is not collective; it is personal"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Civilization and profit go hand in hand"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Any man who does not like dogs, and want them about, does not deserve to be in the White House"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Advertising is the life of trade"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Ultimately, property rights and personal rights are the same thing"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal"

Calvin Coolidge, President

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