Great Moments in Presidential Speeches

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1. Which President said, "Well, when the President does it, that means it’s not illegal?” Bill Clinton George W. Bush Ronald Reagan Richard Nixon

2. Which President said, "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we?" Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Dwight Eisenhower George W. Bush

3. Which President said, “My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference?” Harry S. Truman Franklin Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln James K. Polk

4. Which President, after making a demonstration call on Alexander Graham Bell’s newly invented telephone remarked, "That's an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?" Grover Cleveland Ulysses Grant Rutherford B. Hayes Chester A. Arthur

5. Which President confused us all by saying, "Depends on what your definition of is is?" John F. Kennedy Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton Gerald Ford

6. Who stated, "I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming?" Bill Clinton Ted Kennedy Jimmy Carter George H.W. Bush

7. Which President boasted, “Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time?” Bill Clinton Abraham Lincoln Teddy Roosevelt George H.W. Bush

8. Which President shocked everyone when he proclaimed, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes?" Ronald Reagan Harry Truman Lyndon Johnson Dwight Eisenhower

9. Who told us all that "People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like?" John Tyler William Taft Millard Fillmore Abraham Lincoln

10. Which Presidential sports fan was a little confused when he told the country, "I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio?" John F. Kennedy George W. Bush Gerald Ford William Taft

11. Who, as President, told a friend, "I must go to dinner, but I wish it was to eat a pickled herring, a Swiss cheese and a chop at Louis' instead of the French stuff I shall find?" Franklin Roosevelt Ulysses Grant Teddy Roosevelt Grover Cleveland

12. Which procrastinating President inspired us all with this gem: “There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.” Herbert Hoover James Buchanan Andrew Jackson Chester Arthur

13. Which President eloquently said, “Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside pissing in?” John F. Kennedy Harry Truman Richard Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson

14. Who cautioned us "Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide?" John Adams Woodrow Wilson James Garfield Martin Van Buren

15. Who stated the obvious when they said, “When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results?” Warren Harding Herbert Hoover Calvin Coolidge Ronald Reagan