Thomas Jefferson

"I have never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man."

- Thomas Jefferson, former president of the USA

Harry S. Truman

"Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship."

- Harry S. Truman, former president of the USA

Ronald Reagan

"Don't be afraid to see what you see."

- Ronald Reagan, former US president

Harry S. Truman

"If you can't convince them, confuse them."

- Harry S. Truman, former president of the USA

Thomas Jefferson

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson, former president of the USA

John F. Kennedy

"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."

- John F. Kennedy, former president of the USA

Harry S. Truman

"It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."

- Harry S. Truman, former president of the USA

Thomas Jefferson

"Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper."

- Thomas Jefferson, former president of the USA

Ronald Reagan

"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music."

- Ronald Reagan, former US president

Abraham Lincoln

"I will prepare and someday my chance will come."

- Abraham Lincoln, former president of the USA

Abraham Lincoln

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

- Abraham Lincoln, former president of the USA

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt, politician, former president of the USA

Douglas Adams

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

- Douglas Adams, author and dramatist

Theodore Roosevelt

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."

- Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the USA

Dwight D. Eisenhower

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower, former president of the USA

John Quincy Adams

"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle."

- John Quincy Adams, former president of the USA

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt, politician, former president of the USA

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt, politician, former president of the USA

Theodore Roosevelt

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

- Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the USA

Ronald Reagan

"I know in my heart that man is good.
That what is right will always eventually triumph.
And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."

- Ronald Reagan, former US president