SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — American political candidates who keep a sharp sense of humor often endear themselves to the public. Here are some of our newsroom’s favorite quotes from past U.S. presidents.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.”
Harry S. Truman
“I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.”
Ronald Reagan
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
Bill Clinton
“Being president is like running a cemetery: you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.”
Richard Nixon
“The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.”
Herbert Hoover
“Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt.”
