“ I believe in (the American) people. I believe that people are more good than bad. I believe tragic things happen. I think there's evil in the world. But I think that at the end of the day, if we work… Barack Obama
“ In America any boy may become president and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. Adlai Stevenson
“ I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president and I think I'll go along with them. Calvin Coolidge
“ Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins. Joe Klein
“ I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end ... I have lost every friend on earth I shall have one friend left and that friend shall be down inside me. Abraham Lincoln
“ I hear of a convention to be held at Baltimore, or elsewhere, for the selection of a candidate for the Presidency, made up chiefly of editors, and men who are politicians by profession; but I think, w… Henry David Thoreau
