Quotes on Presidential

The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.

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

A government of laws, and not of men.

A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.

Northwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me!

We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God

Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.

The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war.

Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.

We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.

Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

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

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us.

I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.