Famous Quotes & Sayings

Theodore Roosevelt

I feel as fit as a bull moose.

Theodore Roosevelt

To discriminate against a thoroughly upright citizen because he belongs to some particular church, or because, like Abraham Lincoln, he has not avowed his allegiance to any church, is an outrage against the liberty of conscience, which is one of the foundations of American life.

Theodore Roosevelt

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

Theodore C. Sorensen

Presidential candidates don't chew gum.

James K. Polk

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.

John Podhoretz

This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud; he sits upon the throne.

Peggy Noonan

Ted Sorrenson, JFK's presidential speech writer, when asked how it came about that he wrote the "ask not what you can do..." speech, he would answer 'ask not.'

Abraham Lincoln

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

Abraham Lincoln

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

James A. Garfield

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.

James A. Garfield

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

Hillary Clinton

When you're the presidential nominee you get to pick whomever you choose to be on the ticket, and that person gets to say yes or no because, obviously, it's a very important decision.

Herbert Hoover

The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.

Herbert Hoover

The course of unbalanced budgets is the road to ruin

Herbert Hoover

Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here that the higher purposes of individualism must find their sustenance.

Herbert Hoover

We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

George Washington

The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint efforts and common dangers, sufferings, and successes.

Chris Hayes

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz did their best Donald Trump impersonation. All three unleashing an unprecedented string of insults and attacks fit more for a barroom than a presidential debate stage.

George W. Bush

If you don't feel something strongly you're not going to achieve.

George W. Bush

It's important for the writers of the presidential daily brief to feel comfortable that the documents will never be politicized and/or unnecessarily exposed for public purview.

Herbert Hoover

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

Franklin P. Adams

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

Gwen Ifill

One of the unwritten rules in a presidential news conference is that he'll answer questions. If he chooses not to, there's not much you can do about it other than make yourself look like an idiot screaming, which to me is counterproductive.

Jack Abramoff

I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

Jay Leno

It really kind of looks like now that John Kerry is on his way to the presidential nomination. The only thing that can sink John Kerry now is an Al Gore endorsement.

Jay Leno

Presidential Democratic front-runner Howard Dean admitted to Chris Matthews on the 'Hardball' show that he got out of the draft because of a bad back. He had a curvature of the spine. Apparently it curved too far to the left.

Jane Mayer

Barack Obama was elected President in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. The natural thing would be to suggest money on the right [wing] doesn't really matter that much. The first thing you have to know is that the presidential elections are the ones where it's most difficult for money to hold sway, in that they're the most public elections.

Herman Cain

I am suspending my presidential campaign.

Jeff Goodell

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

Grover Cleveland

My greatest trials come through those professing to be near and attached friends, who expect things.

Grover Cleveland

Above all, tell the truth.

Ian Somerhalder

Thirty years ago, if you wanted to start a campaign against or for something, you had to print flyers, you had to make a million phone calls. Remember presidential campaigns and stuff? It was a very laborious thing. Now we can literally talk to each other in a nanosecond.

Hugh Sidey

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.