Admiration Quote by Maureen Dowd

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

— Gerald R. Ford

John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there he was…

— Barack Obama

“The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice. Theodore Roosevelt”

— Hugh Brogan

“Speak softly, but carry a big stick. —Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president”

— Adam M. Grant

If you hear what people had to say about Abraham Lincoln or what they had to say about FDR, or what they had to…

— Barack Obama

Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick; Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a big shtick.

— Michael R. Burch

Theodore Roosevelt, when he was out of office, he would do things to draw attention. But when you are president, you don't need to…

— H. W. Brands

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum

When a president speaks, it's to multiple audiences.

— Dana Perino

“it is impossible to have any deep understanding of Lincoln’s speech without thinking about the context of the speech: a memorial service.) Here”

— Terry Marselle

In the course of a presidency, a U.S. president says millions of words in public. You never know which of them end up cementing…

— Ben Rhodes

“Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.”

— Don DeLillo