Notable Quotables: 5 Presidents on Their Mothers

~ Five of our country’s presidents speak out about their mothers ~

Presidents on Their Mothers

“There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness… The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way” –Andrew Jackson

“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life” -Abraham Lincoln

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her” – George Washington

In his autobiography, “An American Life,” Ronald Reagan wrote in the first chapter:

“From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.”

In his radio address on Mother’s Day 1983, he told the nation:

“[The] Wild West could never have been tamed, the vast prairies never plowed, nor God and learning brought to the corners of our continent without the strength, bravery, and influence of our grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and the women who came before them.”

You can listen to his speech in this video:

“The strength of our nation depends upon the strength of the American home, which is based on the virtues fostered by the mothers of our country.” John F. Kennedy’s Mother’s Day address