U.S. President History
1849 - Abraham Lincoln applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders.
1945 - King Abd al-Aziz Saud of Saudi Arabia wrote a letter to U.S. President Roosevelt to warn him that Jews in Palestine were, "planning to create a Nazi-Fascist entity in the name of democracy and its vision."
1994 - White House officials began testifying before a federal grand jury about the Whitewater controversy.
| "In democracy, the purpose of public office is not to fulfill personal ambition. Elected officials must serve a cause greater than themselves. The political winds blow left and right, polls rise and fall, supporters come and go. But in the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold. And my deepest conviction, the guiding principle of the administration, is that the United States of America must strive to expand the reach of freedom." -Former President George W. Bush makes remarks at the dedication of his presidential center, April 25, 2013 |