The work of the Presidency reaches far beyond policy and ceremony. It touches the way we live together, the compassion we extend, and the steadiness we bring into our shared life. In moments of uncertainty, true leadership asks us to turn inward, to root strength in the quiet places of the heart. At the center of this page is a reminder from Herbert Hoover that lasting peace begins within each person: “Peace is not made at the Council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.”

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into it. ~ Thomas Jefferson

The Presidency is more than a popularity contest. ~ Al Gore

I expect it is very possible that I would make as good a President as a great many men who are talked of for that position. ~ Warren G. Harding

If the President does it, it can’t be illegal. ~ Richard Nixon

America is too great for small dreams. ~ Ronald Reagan

A president’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union address, 1965

Individual liberty is individual power. ~ John Quincy Adams

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere. ~ Ronald Reagan

Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places -- even if things asked for are not given. ~ Benjamin Harrison

I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love. ~ George Washington

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it. ~ Martin Van Buren

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. ~ John Adams