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George P Shultz: Oh, you know....

George P Shultz: Oh, you know....

Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.

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George P Shultz: The minute you...

George P Shultz: The minute you...

The minute you start talking about what you're golng to do if you lose, you have lost.

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Franklin Pierce: In a body...

Franklin Pierce: In a body...

In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the...

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Grover Cleveland: The Ship of...

Grover Cleveland: The Ship of...

The Ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on...

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William Howard Taft: Well, I have...

William Howard Taft: Well, I have...

Well, I have one consolation, No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large...

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Harry S Truman: Study men, not...

Harry S Truman: Study men, not...

Study men, not historians.

Source: In Off the Record, by Robert H. Ferrell,...

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Harry S Truman: If you can't...

Harry S Truman: If you can't...

If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Harry S Truman: I sit here...

Harry S Truman: I sit here...

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have sense enough to do without my...

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Lyndon B Johnson: A President's hardest...

Lyndon B Johnson: A President's hardest...

A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.

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Richard Nixon: I would have...

Richard Nixon: I would have...

I would have made a good Pope.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said, ed....

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Richard Nixon: If you take...

Richard Nixon: If you take...

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no...

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Jimmy Carter: I look forward...

Jimmy Carter: I look forward...

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to...

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John Quincy Adams: Old minds are...

John Quincy Adams: Old minds are...

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working...

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Gamal Abdel Nasser: There is no...

Gamal Abdel Nasser: There is no...

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by...

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Joseph-Desire Mobutu Sese Seko: Mature, or not...

Joseph-Desire Mobutu Sese Seko: Mature, or not...

Mature, or not mature, a fruit falls in face of the storm of history. [Mure, ou pas mure, un fruit tombe comme meme...

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Prince of Wales Charles: The less people...

Prince of Wales Charles: The less people...

The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and...

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Elizabeth II: I have to...

Elizabeth II: I have to...

I have to be seen to be believed.

Source: In The Wall Street Journal, 21 Apr...

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Charles II: He had been,...

Charles II: He had been,...

He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse...

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Charles II: You had better...

Charles II: You had better...

You had better have one King than five hundred.

Source: Remark after dissolving the...

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James I: A branch of...

James I: A branch of...

A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.

Source: A...

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