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Did They Actually Say It?

Many of our most famous presidential quotations are misattributed or invented. Below are the three accurate quotes and the president who said them.

Black-and-white oval portrait of a smiling man in a suit and striped tie, rendered in a dotted halftone print style. 2. "When I need a little free advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music."
G. George Bush
Engraved portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, facing forward in a suit with round wire-frame glasses and a bushy mustache. 4. "A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."
F. Theodore Roosevelt
Engraved portrait of an older man with swept-back white hair, shown in an oval frame wearing a dark coat, high collar, and cravat. 7. "All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer."
A. William Henry Harrison


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