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I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That’s all the powers of the President amount to.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency
The buck stops here.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency
A President cannot always be popular.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency
Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency
No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Harry Truman at Chicago, 17 March 1945, as recorded in Good Old Harry
I’ve said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Third Radner Lecture, Columbia University, New York City (29 April 1959), as published in Truman Speaks: Lectures And Discussions Held At Columbia University On April 27, 28, And 29, 1959 (1960), p. 111
- Politics
This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.
Donald Trumpborn 1946Donald Trump’s First Inaugural Address (2017)
The golden age of America begins right now.
Donald Trumpborn 1946Donald Trump’s Second Inaugural Address (2025)
- Presidency
We will stand bravely, we will live proudly, we will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans. The future is ours, and our golden age has just begun.
Donald Trumpborn 1946Donald Trump’s Second Inaugural Address (2025)
- Patriotism
I felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to Make America Great Again.
Donald Trumpborn 1946Donald Trump’s Second Inaugural Address (2025)
- God
It is by the goodness of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.
Mark Twain1835–1910
This country was built on rape, slavery, murder, degradation and affiliation with crime.
Mike Tysonborn 1966
- Slavery
It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.
?UnattributedOften credited to Patrick Henry
- Christianity
America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
?UnattributedOften credited to Alexis de Tocqueville
- Morality
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
?UnattributedOften credited to Alexis de Tocqueville
- Economics