Home / Topics / President Quotes

President Quotes

Browse 8356 quotes about President.

President Quotes

“My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.”

Country Grows President Prayer Boys Land Dying Manhood Fervent Fervent Prayer

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964

“Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time!”

Two Moments President Prayer Sea Praying Rivers Fishes Boat Lakes Fishing Seclusion

Author:Herbert Hoover

“It is wrong for a secular government to promote prayer. We think the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. What if the president declared a National Day of Cursing God because He failed us on September 11? Americans would say, "You've overstepped your authority." That's how we feel when he promotes prayer.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Government President Prayer Atheism Authority Positive Atheism What If Secular September September 11 Cursing Unconstitutional National Day Of Prayer

Author:Dan Barker

“Michele Bachmann told reporters that she will lead the nation in prayer if she is elected president. You know if she is elected president, we all better be praying. She doesn't have to lead us.”

Ifs Knows Nations President Prayer Praying Reporters

Author:Jay Leno

“...several of the first presidents, including Jefferson and Madison, generally refused to issue public prayers, despite importunings to do so. Under pressure, Madison relented in the War Of 1812, but held to his belief that chaplains shouldn't be appointed to the military or be allowed to open Congress.”

Firsts War Religion Belief President Prayer Issues Military Pressure Including Congress Despite Under Pressure Madison Chaplains War Of 1812

Author:James Madison

“Whatever else I might have thought of [President George W] Bush's call, with its assumption that prayer is some sort of miracle Vicks VapoRub for the national charley horse, it's clear that his hands were reaching for any hands but mine.”

Hands Might President Prayer Clear Atheism Mines Miracle Horse Positive Atheism Assumption Reaching President George W Bush

Author:Natalie Angier

“There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.”

Two Political Politics President Prayer Occasions Privacy Fishing Fly Fishing Funny Fishing

Book:Addresses Upon the American Road

Source: Addresses Upon the American Road

“I think nobody alive today is a more powerful agent of conversion than someone like Mother Teresa. You can refute arguments but not her life. When she came to the National Prayer Breakfast and lectured President Clinton about abortion, he had nothing to say to her. He can't argue with a saint. It's too bad there isn't an easier way, because becoming a saint is not the easiest thing in the world. It's much easier to become an apologist or a philosopher or a theologian.”