Best presidential quotes of all time
There have been many great quotes from presidents throughout history. Here are a few that stand out as some of the best:
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." - Ronald Reagan
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." - Martin Luther King Jr. (not a president, but a powerful leader nonetheless)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - Thomas Jefferson (not a president at the time, but the author of the Declaration of Independence)
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." - Theodore Roosevelt
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." - Abraham Lincoln
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch." - John F. Kennedy
"The most important title is not 'president' or 'prime minister'; the most important title is 'citizen.'" - Luis Guillermo Solis (not a US president, but a former president of Costa Rica)