James Earl Carter, Jr 39th US President 1977- 1981

James Earl Carter Jr. 1924 -

39th US President 1977 - 1981

Democrat

First Lady Rosalynn Smith

Vice President Walter Mondale

Jimmy Carter faced domestic problems with inflation and energy crisis. Carter tried to achieve peace in the middle East, but his inability to free American hostages in Iran and to solve problems at home caused him supporters and the 1980 election. Carter has been a very active former President in foreign and domestic affairs.

Jimmy Carter Quotes: Jimmy Carter

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.
Jimmy Carter

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
Jimmy Carter

Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.
Jimmy Carter

Testing oneself is best when done alone.
Jimmy Carter

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
Jimmy Carter

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
Jimmy Carter

Gerald R. Ford 38th US President 1974 - 1977

Gerald R Ford 1913- 2006

38th US President 1974 - 1977

Republican

First Lady Elizabeth Bloomer Warren

Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller

Gerald Ford succeeded Richard Nixon after his resignation making him the first US President not to be elected. He granted Richard Nixon a full pardon regarding Watergate and gave amnesty to Vietnam War resisters. Ford was no elected to another term.

Gerald R. Ford Quotes:

My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.
Gerald R. Ford


My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.
Gerald R. Ford


Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.
Gerald R. Ford

Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.
Gerald R. Ford

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.
Gerald R. Ford

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

Richard M. Nixon 37th US President 1969 - 1974

Richard M. Nixon 1913- 1994

37th US President 1969-1974

Republican

First Lady Thelma Catherine Ryan

Vice Presidents - Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973) Gerald R Ford ( 1973-74)

Nixon created a cease fire agreement with Vietnam. Nixon also began the SALT talks with the U.S.S.R. The Watergate controversy led to his resignation, but he was granted "a full and complete pardon."


Richard M. Nixon Quotes:

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.
Richard M. Nixon

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.
Richard M. Nixon

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.
Richard M. Nixon

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.
Richard M. Nixon

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.
Richard M. Nixon

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.
Richard M. Nixon

Lyndon Baines Johnson 36th US President 1963 - 1969

Lyndon Baines Johnson 1908 - 1973

36th US President 1963 - 1963

Democrat

First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey

Lyndon Johnson became President when Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The Vietnam War was the big issue of Johnson's Presidency. Johnson continued Kennedy's Civil Rights with education reform, voting rights for African Americans, and medicare.


Lyndon Baines Johnson Quotes:

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.
Lyndon Baines Johnson

Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!
Lyndon Baines Johnson

No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
Lyndon Baines Johnson

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
Lyndon Baines Johnson

Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it.
Lyndon Baines Johnson

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.
Lyndon Baines Johnson

John F. Kennedy 35th US President 1961- 1963

John F. Kennedy 1917- 1963

35th US President 1961 - 1963

Democrat

First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson

Kennedy's administration had seen many strugles. Domestically the US was struggling with Civil rights, Communism was gaining strength in East Germany and Cuba. Kennedy supported Anti-Castro Cubans in the Bay of Pigs invasion and resisted the communist forces in East Berlin. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps to bring education and skills to underdeveloped countries. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

John F. Kennedy Quotes:

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
John F. Kennedy


Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy


Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
John F. Kennedy

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
John F. Kennedy

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
John F. Kennedy

Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th US President 1953 - 1961

Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890 - 1969

34th US President 1953 - 1961

Republican

First Lady Mary Geneva Doud

Vice President Richard M. Nixon

General Eisenhower had served in both World Wars and was considered by many a fantastic leader. During the Eisenhower years, racial integration was enforced in the public schools, and a major highway system was created. Eisenhower was an extremely popular president who took many measures to protect the world from Communism.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes:

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Dwight D. Eisenhower


No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
Dwight D. Eisenhower


Only Americans can hurt America.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.
Dwight D. Eisenhower


Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Harry S Truman 33rd US President 1945 - 1953

Harry S Truman 1884 - 1972

33rd US President 1945 - 1953

Democrat

First Lady Elizabeth Virginia Wallace

Vice President Alben W. Barkley

Harry S Truman took office when Roosevelt died shortly into his fourth term. World War II was nearing the end and Truman made the decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan. Truman was very concerned of the rise of Communism and created the Truman Doctrine to help aid small countries from being threatened by Communist forces. Truman helped form NATO to help maintain peace throughout the world in the post World War II era.

Harry S Truman Quotes:

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.
Harry S Truman


Study men, not historians.


The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
Harry S Truman


The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
Harry S Truman

The buck stops here!
Harry S Truman