President Quotes - Page 7

There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do with criminal activities.

I am tolerant of all creeds. Yet if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition. In my view church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact. Religion and politics should not be mingled.

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.

O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.

One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. And this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.

A zebra can not change it's spots.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool.

President Obama inherited a one trillion dollar deficit courtesy of George Bush and turned it into a three trillion dollar deficit courtesy of Karl Marx!

If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency.

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

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.

If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.

USC is the National Champion like Al Gore is the President of the United States.

Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise. What is clear is that politics will not stop at the water's edge simply because presidents plead for it. American foreign policy will return to the tradition of Truman and Vandenberg only when the American public demands it.

...for two centuries supporters of the Electoral College have built their arguments on a series of faulty premises. The Electoral College is a gross violation of the cherished value of political equality. At the same time, it does not protect the interests of small states or racial minorities, nor does it serve as a bastion of federalism. Instead the Electoral College distorts the presidential campaign so that candidates ignore most small states - and many large ones - and pay little attention to minorities.

Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

You could tell he (President Ronald Reagan) was an old radio guy. He never once looked at the television monitor.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.