President Quotes

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

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.

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any many who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.

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

No president, not the smartest, best human being in the world can do it alone. You cannot take on this, the power that is in Washington, to billionaires and lobbyist, the military industrial complex, all of this money and power, you can`t do it. You need a mass movement of American who are looking in congress and we say directly.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.

He "wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed."

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody.

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

There is nothing left to do but get drunk.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.

May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.

The judgment of God against this nation will not be turned by a more conservative President, but by the repentance of its people.