| Quote | President |
| 'The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.' | |
| 'The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.' | |
| 'Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsib | |
| 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror.' | |
| 'They misunderestimated me.' | |
| 'It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.' | |
| 'Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.' | |
| 'I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.' | |
| 'Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.' | |
| 'I like the noise of democracy.' | |
| 'It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.' | |
| 'Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.' | |
| '[That all] men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' | |
| 'The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes assigned them west of the Missis | |
| 'The world must be safe for democracy.' | |
| 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!' | |
| 'Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.' | |
| 'My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.' | |
| 'It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.' | |
| 'Well I am not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.' | |
| 'No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.' | |
| 'All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.' | |