Quotes on Great Presidents

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of the nation.

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

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

Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.