Following are some presidential quotations, some quite insightful:
''In
my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two
is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.''
—President John Adams
''I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the
average man.''
—President Teddy Roosevelt
''I just received the
following wire from my generous Daddy: 'Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more
than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.'''
—President John Kennedy (During presidential campaign)
''When I take action, I'm not going to fire
a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going
to be decisive.''
—President George W. Bush, after the 9/11 attacks
''Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come
to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.''
—President
Ronald Reagan
''I think this is the most extraordinary collection of
talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White
House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.''
—President John Kennedy, at a dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners of the
Western Hemisphere, the White House, April 29, 1962
''I don't know
whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the
American penal system.''
—President Bill Clinton, on the White House
''If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?''
—President
Abraham Lincoln
''When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do
not know whether to answer 'present' or 'not guilty.'''
—President Teddy
Roosevelt
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