“I only know two tunes. One is Yankee Doodle, and the other one isn’t.”
– Ulysses S. Grant, quoted by Robert C. Winthrop, undated
“The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
– President Andrew Jackson to his vice president, 1832
“F*ck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea, Greece is a flea.”
– President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Greek Ambassador, 1964
“I think the American people want a solemn ass as a president, and I think I will go along with them.”
– Calvin Coolidge to actress Ethel Barrymore, undated
“I’m only waiting for my wife to grow up.”
– President Grover Cleveland on nine-year-old Frances Clara Folsum who later became his wife, undated
“Wouldn’t you like to get sopping wet out on Superior — not the lake — for the joy of fevered fondling and melting kisses?”
– President Warren Harding’s letter to his mistress, 1913
“The Jewish cabal is out to get me.”
– President Richard Nixon, undated
“I know words. I have the best words.”
– President-elect Donald J. Trump talking about his words, 2015
