The best Quotes by Martin Van Buren

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn’t have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.

I have always been afraid of banks.

Never take counsel of your fears.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in!

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.

A two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the long-term security of both the Israeli and the Palestinian people.
To make sure Israelis and Palestinians alike live in equal measure of freedom and dignity, we will not give up on working towards that goal.

I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life.

In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.

For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

When you fall, the real test is whether you can ignore the naysayers, pick yourself up and come back stronger.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. I, unfortunately, will be going back to Washington after my remarks. Today we've had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.

The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia. The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq...- I mean of Ukraine.

We can't do everything, but we have to do, what we can do.

Now there's no question China has been trying to crack down on the Internet. Good luck! That's sort of like trying to nail jello to the wall.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America.

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

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

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.