“This prosperity of the country, independent of all agency of the government, is so great that the people have nothing to disturb them but their own waywardness and corruption.”
—JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
“May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.”
—MILLARD FILLMORE
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.”
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
—THEODORE ROOSEVELT
“Like all Americans, I like big things; big prairies, big forests and mountains, big wheat fields, railroads—and herds of cattle too.”
—THEODORE ROOSEVELT
“The fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God.”
—WARREN G. HARDING
“If the American people don’t love me, their descendants will.”
—LYNDON B. JOHNSON