“In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.”
—THOMAS JEFFERSON
“Folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.”
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.”
—JAMES GARFIELD
“A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company from which he is kept out.”
—GROVER CLEVELAND
“Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.”
—THEODORE ROOSEVELT
“Better a thousand times to go down fighting than to dip your colors to dishonorable compromise.”
—WOODROW WILSON
“If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.”
—CALVIN COOLIDGE
“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”
—CALVIN COOLIDGE
“We do not need to burn down the house to kill the rats.”
—HERBERT HOOVER
“Three things ruin a man: power, money, and women.”
—HARRY TRUMAN
“Weakness cannot cooperate with anything. Only strength can cooperate.”
—DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
“Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.”
—DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
“While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.”
—LYNDON B. JOHNSON
“If you’ve got ’em by the balls, their heart and mind will follow.”
—LYNDON B. JOHNSON
“If a frog had wings, he wouldn’t hit his tail on the ground. Too hypothetical.”
—GEORGE H. W. BUSH