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Today we can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We, the American people, we are the solution.
Bill Clintonborn 1946Bill Clinton’s Second Inaugural Address (1997)
- Government
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
Bill Clintonborn 1946Bill Clinton’s First Inaugural Address (1993)
Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every other American.
Bill Clintonborn 1946
America demands and deserves big things from us – and nothing big ever came from being small.
Bill Clintonborn 1946Bill Clinton’s Second Inaugural Address (1997)
- Motivation & Goals
The divide of race has been America’s constant curse.
Bill Clintonborn 1946Bill Clinton’s Second Inaugural Address (1997)
- Race
Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief. I think George Bush has proved definitively that to be president, you don’t need to care about science, literature or peace.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964“A Mock Columnist, Amok”, in The New York Times (14 October 2007)
- Clever Jabs
- Presidency
The greatest thing about this man is he’s steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday — no matter what happened Tuesday.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner (April 2006)
- Clever Jabs
- Presidency
I have tender feelings for Nixon, because everybody has warm feelings about their childhood.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964Rolling Stone interview (31 October 2006)
- Comedy
- Presidency
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), PreambleIn context
- Government
- Liberty
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), Article IIIn context
- Presidency
The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), Article IIIn context
- Laws
- Presidency
The business of America is business.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Speech to the Society of American Newspaper Editors (1925).
- Business
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
I think the American people want a solemn ass as a President and I think I will go along with them.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933To Ethel Barrymore, as quoted in Greenberg, David (2006)
- Presidency
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Message to the National Security League in honor of Constitution Day, quoted in New York Times (17 September 1923) “Ceremonies Mark Constitution Day”.