President Quotes

Yemen is an essential partner of the United States of America and the international community in combating terror.

Ali Abdullah Saleh

Joking about Emmanuel Macron:

He's a bit of a man and a bit of a woman, as he's in fashion now. Androgynous.

Nicolas Sarkozy

I am excited that Tanzania is the only country out of 53 African nations to host the relay. This is a rare opportunity for our nation and a challenge for the government and the people to promote sports.

Ali Mohamed Shein

One of the reforms to be carried out during the incoming administration is a change in our monetary and banking laws, so as to secure greater elasticity in the forms of currency available for trade and to prevent the limitations of law from operating to increase the embarrassment of a financial panic.

William Howard Taft

I shall pursue a straight forward course deviating neither to the right or left so that comes what may I hope my real friends will never have to blush for me, so far as truth, honesty & fair dealings are concerned.

Don't think that because many Taiwanese came from China, Taiwan is a part of China.

Mr. President and I also had direct and open exchange of views on a matter that we may differ, especially on matters related to religion and human rights. And our approach is that we would increase our dialogue in order to have a better understanding of each other. And we are also determined not to let those differences afflict our overall, larger interest.

Nguyen Minh Triet

I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo.

Harry S. Truman

The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.

I am against this Treaty not because I am a man of war but because I am a man of peace. I am against this Treaty because it will not end the centuries of conflict between the two nations of Great Britain and Ireland.

Éamon de Valera

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess. Look, being a lame flunky for a batshit crazy person isn't all that bad. Stay alive long enough and you may sneak your way to Washington!

Martin Van Buren

The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question.

I think both sides [China and United States] should work hard to build a new type of relationship between big powers. The two sides should cooperate with each other for a win-win result in order to benefit people from the two countries and the world.

Myself, the government and people of Nigeria are inspired by the United States of America's achievement and the principles which guide it.

Not a single reform effort in Russia has ever been completed.

Of Zelenskyy:

He's doing very important work. It's possible that we've not been this united in 30 years. Tragedy and pain can unite.

Viktor Yushchenko

Journalists are bigger terrorists than terrorists themselves.

Asif Ali Zardari

I prefer to march on my feet than to live on my knees before a military dictatorship.

Tell you what, I've been through hundreds of battles. I've seen it all. Which country in the west have I not been to? Every time! You should know Mike Wallace, in the U.S. He's way above you all! I and he talked and laughed comfortably, which is why the media need to raise your level of knowledge. Got it, or not? I'm anxious for you all, it's true. You really, I. You guys are good at one thing.

I genuinely feel that the survival of this country lies in democracy and democracy alone.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

The values and high virtues that Arafat embodied during his struggle for the Palestinian cause will inspire the Palestinian people so that they preserve their cohesion and unity and pursue their path to win back their national, legitimate and eternal rights.

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

What's the difference between a Republican and a Democrat? There is a greater difference between what I think in the morning and what I think in the afternoon than between those two parties.

We as Muslims, We have to be honest. Islam has talked about trustiness, Are we known as truthful? Islam has talked about perfecting the work, are we known with that? Islam talked about tolerance, are we known as tolerants?

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

The first time that I went to the United States was in 1974... I was 20 years old. America was in crisis. The dollar was at a low. The Watergate scandal had already erupted. And I still remember this vision I had of New York, which was a huge, fascinating city, dirty and violent. And I've been to the U.S. regularly, but what impresses me most in this large nation is its capacity to overcome hardship and return to the heights.

François Hollande

It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, whatever is necessary will be done... It is routine for jet fighters to sometimes fly in and out over (national) borders... when you consider their speed over the sea... These are not ill-intentioned things but happen beyond control due to the jets' speed.