Does anyone know of any really funny or catchy sayings from american history?

Question

It could be about anything from our countries past, like Abraham Lincoln. Thank you!

Answer 1

"Speak softly, and carry a big stick" Teddy Roosevelt.

Then there's Bush's quote about putting food on every American family.

"I don't know" or "I know nothing"-The Know Nothings (an actual party, their nickname, in the 1800s).

Answer 2

"Any American who is prepared to run for President should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from every doing so."

Gore Vidal.

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

Will Rogers.

"Americans have different ways of saying things. They say "elevator", we say "lift" ... they say "President", we say "stupid psychopathic git."

Alexai Sayle.

"In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes."

Adlai Stevenson.

"The President has kept all the promises he intended to keep."

Clinton aide George Stephanopolous.

"The Internet is a gateway to get on the net."

Bob Dole.

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

Dan Quayle (...more Dan Quayle Quotes).

"I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law."

David Dinkins, New York City Mayor.

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."

Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.