Genealogical Relationships Of Presidents Of The United States
Many genealogical relationships may be found among Presidents of the United States and between the presidents and other significant figures of history.
Read more about Genealogical Relationships Of Presidents Of The United States: Direct Descent, Indirect Relatives, Relations Through Marriage, Relations Through Half Siblings/siblings, Relations Through Great-grandparents, Relations To Vice Presidents, Presidents Related To Other Famous Individuals Through Marriage
Famous quotes containing the words united states, presidents, united and/or states:
“On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which becomes at the White House is more in keeping with the temperament, but when taken into consideration that I go into history as President, and my children and my children’s children are the better placed on account of that fact, I am inclined to think that to be President well compensates one for all the trials and criticisms he has to bear and undergo.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales. Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the constant omission of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“All comes united to th’ admiring eyes;”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“[Urging the national government] to eradicate local prejudices and mistaken rivalships to consolidate the affairs of the states into one harmonious interest.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)