Presidents Say the Darndest Things

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1. Which President, in response to an accusation that he was two-faced, replied, "If I was two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" James Polk Richard Nixon Abraham Lincoln Calvin Coolidge

2. Finish the statement by Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd President: "A ____ is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." conservative Communist Republican racist

3. Which President said in an interview, "I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times."? Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton Jimmy Carter John F. Kennedy

4. Which President, in what may in retrospect be one of the most ironic statements ever made, reflected, "You know, I always wondered about taping equipment, but I’m damn glad we have it, aren’t you?" Answer: (One or Two Words- both names, or just last)

5. Finish the statement by William Howard Taft: "Politics, when I am in it, makes me ____." sick a better man tired happy

6. "Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it." Which eloquent President uttered this lovely sentiment? Herbert Hoover Andrew Jackson Theodore Roosevelt Lyndon Johnson

7. Which President made the astute observation, "When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results"? Rutherford Hayes George W. Bush Calvin Coolidge Jimmy Carter

8. "I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting" was the instruction of which President? Ronald Reagan Gerald Ford George H. W. Bush Woodrow Wilson

9. Complete the statement by Gerald Ford: "I watch a lot of baseball ____." on television on the radio in the winter on the toilet

10. Which tone-deaf chief executive once told a reporter, "I only know two tunes. One of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’ and the other isn’t"? Thomas Jefferson James Buchanan Calvin Coolidge Ulysses Grant

11. Which President uttered the prophetic words: "My God, this is a hell of a job! I have no trouble with my enemies . . . but my damn friends, they're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights." Warren Harding Chester Arthur James Garfield Bill Clinton

12. To whom was Abraham Lincoln referring when he made the tongue-in-cheek statement: "If ____ is not using the army, I should like to borrow it for a while"? General McClellan General Sherman General Grant General Burnside

13. "He advocated with skill, intelligence and good breeding the outworn doctrines which are responsible for four-fifths of the political troubles of the United States." The speaker was Teddy Roosevelt. About which President was he speaking? Franklin Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge Woodrow Wilson Warren Harding

14. Which President made the honest and modest observation, "I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens"? Richard Nixon Lyndon Johnson Jimmy Carter Dwight Eisenhower

15. This President, when rebuffed after trying to seduce historian Dr. Margaret Louise Coit, was asked, “Do you do this to all the women you meet?” To which he replied, "“My god, no- I don’t have the strength”. John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Bill Clinton Franklin Roosevelt

16. Which President made the observation, "All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway"? Calvin Coolidge Lyndon Johnson Andrew Johnson Harry Truman

17. "Tell him to go to hell". This statement was made by Zachary Taylor in 1847; who is the "him" referred to? General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna General Winfield Scott Martin Van Buren James Polk

18. Which President made the brilliant observation, "They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program"? Richard Nixon George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Ronald Reagan

19. Which President made the clever statement, "About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends"? Grover Cleveland Franklin Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Dwight Eisenhower

20. Which President recalled, "As to the Presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it"? Martin Van Buren Bill Clinton Thomas Jefferson Woodrow Wilson