American president Quote by John Green

When John Kennedy attempted to take the government back from the back from the robber barons, he was brutally murdered. The message to future…

— Alex Jones

John F. Kennedy, the man I had thought would define the political ideal for the rest of my days, was suddenly gone in the…

— Tom Brokaw

I think John F. Kennedy was the last great hope. And that's why I dwell on that subject. He was someone who could stand…

— Oliver Stone

A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most…

— Russell Baker

When the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thrust him suddenly into the Presidency in April of 1945 at one of the most critical…

— Richard M. Nixon

I recall the night that President McKinley died. I was working at the time at a theatre in St. Louis. The oppressive feeling was…

— Al Jolson

When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people can be dramatic, as…

— Russell Baker

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

— Nicole Fende

“Gerald Ford, one of the most admirable presidents of our time, once observed that if Lincoln were alive today, he’d be turning over in…

— David McCullough

“Three days after that, the funeral was held, and while riding from the church to the cemetery Ava looked out the widow and noticed…

— David Sedaris

“The death of Robert G. Ingersoll , on July 21, 1899, was one of the most widely -- noted events of that year in…

— Herman E. Kittredge

I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so…

— Sarah Vowell