Best Presidential Words
865 Presidential quotes by 302 unique authors
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The White House is a bully pulpit.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles.
— Woodrow Wilson
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There is no indispensable man.
— Woodrow Wilson
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There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight.
— Woodrow Wilson
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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
— Woodrow Wilson
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Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
— Woodrow Wilson
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Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at.
— Woodrow Wilson
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America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
— Woodrow Wilson
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Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. . . . We…
— Woodrow Wilson
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Public debt [is] a burden on all the people.
— Calvin Coolidge
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The more I study it [the Constitution], the more I have come to admire it, realizing that no other document devised by the hand of…
— Calvin Coolidge
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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion
— Calvin Coolidge
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I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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During my first press conference as president, in answer to a direct question, I pointed out that, as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet leaders have openly…
— Ronald Reagan
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Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.
— Ronald Reagan
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Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.
— Ronald Reagan
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We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect the peace, than…
— Ronald Reagan
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Doverey, no proverey - Trust but verify.
— Ronald Reagan
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I want a kinder, gentler nation.
— George H. W. Bush
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Thousand points of light.
— George H. W. Bush
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We know what works: freedom works. We know what's right: freedom is right. We know how to secure a more and just and prosperous life…
— George H. W. Bush
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Compassionate conservative soft bigotry of low expectations.
— George W. Bush
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I've directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and bring them to justice. We will make no…
— George W. Bush
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