Presidency Quotes

A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence.

It’s clearly a budget. It’s got lots of numbers in it.

The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise it can be experienced - it can not be told.

An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward 'Gentlemen let there be no mistake. I should make a good president but a very bad candidate.'

... When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions.

The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it requires to become president.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years I would say the penitentiary thank you.

For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end ... I have lost every friend on earth I shall have one friend left and that friend shall be down inside me.