Dave’s Daily Quotes

US Presidents who never attended college: Grover Cleveland, Abraham Lincoln, Harry S Truman, and George Washington

Theodore Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to deliver an inaugural address without using the word “I”. Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower tied for second place, using “I” only once in their inaugural addresses.

“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts…and beer.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“God must love homely people; He made so many.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“God must have loved the common man, he made so many of them, but it is uncommon men and women, uncommon men and women who, when nations get in danger, as they invariably do, must come to the fore and lead.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Nature is defined as anything you would kill if it got into your house.” ~ Dave Barry

“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.” ~ Dave Barry

“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.” ~ Abraham Lincoln