Presidential Quotes - Page 4

Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect their interests, and that the interests of the great mass of the other people - the 150 or 160 million - is the responsibility of the president of the United States, and I propose to fulfill it.'

At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait, President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton was the first sitting Senator in history to have her portrait hanging in the White House.

There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.

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!

No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history.

Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God.

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise.

It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 - except Goldwater in '64 - the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God's word because it finds me where I am.

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

A new presidential poll reveals that Democrats have the edge among voters under 30. The good news for Republicans is that there's only six people under 30 who actually vote.

We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

100 political parties put together can never defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, come 2015 presidential election.

No evil can result from its [slavery's] inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.

The idea that I should become President seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my head, nor is it likely to enter the head of any other person.

Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.

Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.

I would not be the mere President of a Party. I feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.