American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

George Walker Bush (b. July 6, 1946) was the 43rd President of the United States. Formerly the 46th Governor of the State of Texas, Bush has earned a reputation as a compassionate conservative who shapes policy based on the principles of limited government, personal responsibility, strong families, and local control. George W. Bush grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He served as an F-102 pilot for the Texas Air National Guard before beginning his career in the oil and gas business...

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (b.August 19, 1946) the 42nd President of the United States, 1993-97; Governor of Arkansas, 1982- 92, 1978-80; Arkansas Attorney General, 1976-78; married Hillary Rodham; law instructor at University of Arkansas; attended Yale Law School; studied at Oxford University, England; and graduated from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, January 20, 1993, in his Inaugural Address, President Bill Clinton stated: <When our Founders boldly declared America's Independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change.... And so, my fellow Americans, at the edge of the 21st...

George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924-November 30, 2018) was the 41st President of the United States, 1989-93. During his administration the U.S. led the Allies to victory in Persian Gulf War; the Soviet Union was restructured; and the Tiananmen Square demonstration was crushed by Communist Government in Beijing, China. He was the Vice-President under Ronald Reagan, 1981-89; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1976; U.S. Envoy to China, 1974; National Chairman of the Republican Party, 1973; Ambassador to the United Nations, 1971; U.S. Representative, 1967; partner in oil business, Texas, 1948-66; studied at Yale University, 1945-48; married Barbara Pierce,...

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911-June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States, 1981-89; the oldest President elected; survived assassination attempt, March 30, 1981; Governor of California, 1966-74; switched from being a liberal Democrat to the Republican Party, 1962; actor, making over 50 movies in his career; president of the Screen Actor's Guild, 1959-60; married Nancy Davis, 1952, children Patti and Ron; president of the Screen Actor's Guild, 1947-52; Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II; first marriage to Jane Wyman, children Maureen and Michael; announcer for radio station in Davenport, Iowa, and WHO...

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (October 1, 1924-December 29, 2024) was the 39th President of the United States, 1977-81; Governor of Georgia, 1970-75; Georgia State Senator, 1962-66; managed family peanut farm and warehouse, Plains, Georgia, 1953-70; served in the U.S. Navy, 1947-53, electronics instructor and engineering officer aboard atomic-powered submarines; married Rosalynn Smith, 1947; and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, 1947. On Tuesday, March 16, 1976, in an interview with Robert L. Turner, Jimmy Carter explained: <We believe that the first time we're born, as children, it's human life given to us; and when we accept Jesus as our...