Quotes About Presidents

Question 1

Robert Frost on George Washington

Answer 1

GW was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

Question 2

Opposition journal before Thomas Jefferson’s election

Answer 2

Unrestrained by law, or the fear of punishment, neighbors will become enemies of neighbors, brothers of brothers, fathers of their sons, and sons of their fathers. Murder, robbery, rape, adultery and incest will be openly taught and practiced, the air will be rent with cries of distress, the soil, soaked with blood, and the nation black with crimes.

Question 3

anonymous on James Monroe

Answer 3

the first ordinary man to reach the presidency.

Question 4

Boston Globe on Rutherford B. Hayes

Answer 4

Mr. Hayes will, during the absence of Mrs. Hayes, be acting President.

Question 5

Alice Roosevelt on her father, Theodore

Answer 5

he wished to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral.