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Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Address, Unveiling of the Statue to the Memory of Commodore John Barry, Washington (May 16, 1914).
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Cold Turkey (2004)
- Presidency
We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963
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
Four years ago, some said the world had grown calm, and many assumed that the United States was invulnerable to danger. That thought might have been comforting; it was also false. Like other generations of Americans, we soon discovered that history had great and unexpected duties in store for us.
Dick Cheney1941–2025
America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact⁠—the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality.
Adlai Stevenson II1900–1965
Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every other American.
Bill Clintonborn 1946
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972
- Presidency
- War & Peace
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but stand there and take it.
Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973
- Presidency
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
Hubert Humphrey1911–1978
Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Democracy in America, Volume I (1835), Chapter III, Part I
- Freedom
As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865To the South Carolina Commissioners.
- Presidency
The United States is the only country with a known birthday.
James G. Blaine1830–1893Oration on Independence Day
Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.
JGJohn Gunther1901–1970
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