“My children give me more pain than all my enemies.”
—JOHN ADAMS
“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.”
—HARRY TRUMAN
“If Bess and I had a son, we’d want him to be just like Jimmy Stewart.”
—HARRY TRUMAN
“To have a child is to give fate a hostage.”
—JOHN F. KENNEDY
“I strongly support the feeding of children.”
—GERALD FORD
“A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.”
—RONALD REAGAN
“And let me say in conclusion, thanks for the kids. I learned an awful lot about bathtub toys—about how to work the telephone. One guy knows—several of them know their own phone numbers—preparation to go to the dentist. A lot of things I’d forgotten. So it’s been a good day.”
—GEORGE H. W. BUSH