Top 793 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Presidents

You cannot stop. If there is a concrete wall in front of you, you have to go through it. You can never, ever give up or even think in terms of giving up.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters - a family, a home and a good name.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.

I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

Honor lies in honest toil.

Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

If you FAIL, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "First Attempt in Learning". END is not the end; in fact E.N.D. means "Effort Never Dies". If you get NO as an answer, remember N.O. means "Next Opportunity".

A king without power is an absurdity.

A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.

The world has become more diversified, with women becoming a real power of change.

Never judge a stranger by his clothes.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others.

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

Liberty and equality are captivating sounds, but they often captivate to destroy.

The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

Great lives never go out; they go on.

The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.

Only an organized and conscious people can bring about a different kind of society.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.