11 February—Here are some quotations American presidents have been and will be remembered for:

George Washington:

“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.”

“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”

Thomas Jefferson:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”

“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”

“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

Abraham Lincoln:

“We cannot escape history.”

“I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.”

“With malice towards none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in.”

Theodore Roosevelt:

“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”

“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”

“I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.”

“The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”

Franklin Roosevelt:

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”

“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.”

Harry Truman:

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”

“You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.”

“My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.”

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”

John Kennedy:

“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”

“Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.”

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”

Donald Trump:

“I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent.”

“Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable―I mean, it was so much and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways. Gettysburg wow.”

“Right now in a number of states the law allows a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month. . . . It is wrong. It has to change.”

“I tested very positively in another sense, this morning. I tested positively toward negative, right? So no, I tested perfectly this morning. Meaning I tested negative. But that’s a way of saying it: Positively toward the negative.”

“I love the poorly educated.”

“Sorry losers and haters, but my IQ is one of the highest—and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure; it’s not your fault.”

“Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”