Every U.S. President by Quote

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

"We must guard against... the military-industrial complex."

"Read my lips: no new taxes."

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

"We will make America great again!"

"The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it."

We Polked you in '44, We shall _____ you in '52. (campaign slogan)

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

"The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed."

"Public office is a public trust."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

"America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy."

"I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."

"Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever."

"We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don't forget it."

"In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land."

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."

"An honorable defeat is better than a dishonest victory."

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

"The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best."

"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world."

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

"Yes we can."

"The buck stops here."

"My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."

"I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish—nothing to serve but my country."

"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it’s the other way around."

"America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration."

“Let us have peace."

"Facts are stubborn things."

"War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed."

"I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business."

Fifty-Four Forty or Fight! (campaign slogan)

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

"The world must be made safe for democracy."

"The American continents... are henceforth not to be subjects for future colonization by European power."

"The business of America is business."

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

"If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed."

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."

"I am not a crook."

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

“I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.”

"I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy."