Presidential Quotes – January

January 1
I cannot tell a lie. (Washington, 1742?)

January 2
There is no indispensable man. (Wilson, 1912)

January 3
One man with courage makes a majority. (Jackson, 1832)

January 4
I am a Ford, not a Lincoln. (Ford, 1973)

January 5
There is always inequity in life... Life is unfair. (Kennedy, 1961)

January 8
You cannot fool all of the people all of the time. (Lincoln, 1858)

January 9
An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory. (Fillmore, 1844)

January 10
A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing. (Jefferson, 1887)

January 11
Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. (Nixon, 1974)

January 12
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. (T. Roosevelt, 1901)

January 15
Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! (Reagan, 1988)

January 16
Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office seeking. (Hayes, 1878)

January 17
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. (Coolidge, 1929)

January 18
The course of unbalanced budgets is the road to ruin. (Hoover, 1932)

January 19
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. (F. D. Roosevelt, 1933)

January 22
You cannot stop the spread of an idea by passing a law against it. (Truman, 1948)

January 23
Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts. (Eisenhower, 1957)

January 24
Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present. (Johnson, 1964)

January 25
Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America. (Taft, 1920)

January 26
We know what works: Freedom works. We know what's right: Freedom is right. (Bush, 1989)

January 29
A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged. (W. H. Harrison, 1841)

January 30
A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company from which he is kept out. (Cleveland, unknown)

January 31
I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. (Grant, 1869)