List of Presidents in Order with Pictures
When They Were Children
When They Were Young
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- There are 45 individuals who have served as the President of the United States since the nation was founded on July 4th, 1776.
- There have been 46 presidencies as Joe Biden is the 46th President. Why are there 46 presidencies but there are 45 individuals?
- 15 presidents have also served as vice presidents. 8 presidents have died in office. 4 of them were assassinated.
- There are 6 living presidents as of today: Jimmy Carter, Bill clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
- James is the most common presidential first name. John is the second. What is the third? Explore this site and post your new findings here.
List of Presidents in Order
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

"We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail."

"We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more."

"I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them."

"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams."

"Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'"

"Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself."

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger-but recognize the opportunity."

"Neither a wise man or a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him."

"If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you."

"Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood."

"We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage."

"A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil."

"It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge."

"If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should never grow old."

"In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins."

"If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results!"

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

"The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."

"I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me."

"Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world."

"There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power."

"Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error."

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

"It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future."

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."

"On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock."

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. "
Letter to James Madison - Sunday, March 02, 1788
Letter to James Madison - Sunday, March 02, 1788
