Great Presidential Quotes

[Bucky]

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."

"I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him."

"(T)here are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country."

"http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040625-2.html">Let me finish. Let me finish. May I finish?"