Inauguration Quotes · Page 2

No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present:…

— Dee Dee Myers

As an advocate of birth control I wish to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the 'unfit' and…

— Margaret Sanger

I'm not against anybody having gone [to Donald Trump's inauguration], but, for me, it was not the right place to be.

— Maxine Waters

[ Age Of Trump] was something that I really wanted to do, and I also really wanted it to feel evergreen, so…

— Ava DuVernay

In the arts, in places where you're not going to save lives or save species, I think there's no reason to play…

— Stephen Burt

Arnold is now the front runner. Everyone was snickering about it a month ago, now it looks like he will be the…

— David Letterman

Maxine Waters is a Democrat from California in her 13th term. She is a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and…

— Michel Martin

I spoke to Putin twice. He called me on the election. Vladimir Putin called me on the inauguration. We had a very…

— Donald Trump

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.

— Ted Kulongoski

“Roosevelt spoke eloquently, in his penetrating tenor, of those 'who at this very moment are denied the greater part of what the…

— Susan Quinn

This wasn’t just an attack against the Boston Marathon... It was an attack against the American public and our democratic use of…

— Amby Burfoot

Every moment is a fresh new beginning... a wonderful inauguration of the great cosmic journey through the Universe. We can do whatever…

— Russell Brand

Take the people facing charges in connection with the protests that occurred on the eve of Vladimir Putin's third-term inauguration, May 6,…

— Masha Gessen

Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina also criticized Donald Trump during the campaign, but now she was arguing that the new president…

— Michel Martin

“Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights…

— Barack Obama

Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident upon the…

— Anonymous

For a person [like John Lewis] that is a champion of voter rights to question whether or not Donald Trump legitimately won…

— John Lewis

There are no more heroes in America. Because of the Internet, heroism has become momentary and within seconds someone who we should…

— Tommy Mottola

Robert Frost's triumph was not being at John Kennedy's inauguration ceremony, but the day when he put the last period on "West-Running…

— Joseph Brodsky

Peace in the Middle East has been on the Obama administration's mind from the beginning. Two days after his inauguration, the president…

— Elliott Abrams

We won't apologise for our way of life, nor will we weaver in its defence, and for those who seek to advance…

— Barack Obama

Inauguration Security was tighter than Kirstie Alley in a pair of spandex pants.

— Jay Leno

Because the left, George Bush won two elections, 2000 and 2004. So 2008, we didn't see. It was obviously there. We saw…

— Rush Limbaugh

It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately after his…

— Russell Baker

I talk about going to his [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid…

— Sarah Vowell