Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Hardingwas the 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921 until his death. Harding died one of the most popular presidents in history, but the subsequent exposure of scandals that took place under him, such as Teapot Dome, eroded his popular regard, as did revelations of an affair by Nan Britton, one of his mistresses. In historical rankings of the U.S. presidents, Harding is often rated among the worst...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth2 November 1865
CityBlooming Grove, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.
We must proceed with a full realization that no statute enacted by man can repeal the inexorable laws of nature.
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.
Practically all we know is that thousands of native Haitians have been killed by American Marines, and that many of our own gallant men have sacrificed their lives at the behest of an Executive department in order to establish laws drafted by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. ... I will not empower an Assistant Secretary of the Navy to draft a constitution for helpless neighbors in the West Indies and jam it down their throats at the point of bayonets borne by US Marines.
Let the black man vote when he is fit to vote; prohibit the white man voting when he is unfit to vote.
The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.
Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.
I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!
I continued with whatever 'qualified climbers' I could con into this rather unpromising venture.
That's good. Go on, read some more.
There is no relationship here between Church and State. Religious liberty has its unalterable place, along with civil and human liberty, in the very foundation of the Republic. I hold it [religious intolerance] to be a menace to the very liberties which we boast and cherish.
Actually, we're just glorified flagpole sitters.
I hate climbers like Royal Robbins who are so superior. He doesn’t mean to be, he just is. He’s methodic, scientific, capable, and so competent it makes me envious. I was climbing with some hotshot Brit in Yosemite once, and he said, ‘My God, Harding, you can’t do anything!’ I said, ‘I know, but I can do it forever.’
I was spent up. I sure grabbed that girl of mine.