Thomas Jefferson on Congress:
That 150 lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.
John F. Kennedy on Richard Nixon:
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Nixon and the White House.
Lyndon Johnson on justice:
Justice means a man's hope should not be limited by the color of his skin.
Theodore Roosevelt on William McKinley:
McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair.
George Washington on corruption:
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Bill Clinton on error:
It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest hour and a half.
Harry Truman on his campaign:
I'm going to fight hard. I'm going to give them hell.
The World Almanac of Presidential Quotations collects more than 3,000 quotes from America's forty-two presidents from Washington to Clinton and arranges them by over 300 categories. Compiled from speeches, off-hand comments, letters and memoirs, these quotations present a revealing look at the men who have reached America's highest office.