Presidents Day is Feb. 18. The day is set aside to honor those who have serve as America’s Commanders in Chief.
There have been 45 chief executives, ranging from the first president, George Washington, to the current one, Donald Trump.
Here’s a look at some of the most famous quotes and inspirational thoughts from America’s presidents:
"So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. " - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945
"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." - George Washington, 1789-1797
"I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty." - Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
"There is nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed with what is right in America." - Bill Clinton, 1993-2001
"I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts." - Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989
“We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.” – George W. Bush, 2001-2009
“If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information, and benevolence." - John Adams, 1797-1801
"No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit." - George H.W. Bush, 1989-1993
"The business of America is business." - Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
"It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law - for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well." - Barack Obama, 2009-2016
"There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure." - Dwight Eisenhower, 1953-1961
"A president's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right." - Lyndon Johnson, 1963-1969
“No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.” – Donald Trump, 2016 - current
"He serves his party best who serves the country best." - Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881
"Liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain." - John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963
"While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles."- Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
"The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men's labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name -- liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names -- liberty and tyranny." - Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865
"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles." - Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981
"America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens." - George W. Bush, 2001-2009
"The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed." - William Henry Harrison, 1841
“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.” – Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
“In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.” – William McKinley, 1897-1901
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."- Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
“Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.” – Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
“The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” – James Buchanan, 1857-1861
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953
“Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you’ll still beat the pack.” – Gerald Ford, 1974-1977
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