Death Quote by Garrett M. Graff

One of the presidents we could have done without.... There are some things I admire about Tyler, but there were also plenty of things…

— Harry S. Truman

“To one degree or another every president is haunted by those who went before, but few so literally as Johnson. No president had ever…

— Nancy Gibbs

I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

— Alexander Haig

“Despite a legacy consisting of enough violence and death for twenty men, Jackson admitted to having two regrets on his deathbed: “I didn’t shoot…

— Daniel O'Brien

“He was also one of the twelve Presidents of the United States to own slaves, which is a larger figure than the number of…

— Jarett Kobek

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in…

— Mac Thornberry

I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for several days after he was shot,…

— John Green

“I see dead Presidents. Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington.”

— Nicole Fende

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried…

— Robert Frost

“The presidents keep on living, long after they’re gone. It’s just a little weird. These stories start where most stories about the presidents leave…

— Brady Carlson

“Who was the leader of the North?” “Lincoln.” “No, he was the president.” “Yes, which means he was the fucking leader of everyone.” Mrs.…

— J.M. Darhower

Thomas Jefferson survives.

— John Adams