Humor in the White House : the wit of five American presidents
""I heard one [presidential] candidate say that what this country needed was a president for the '90s," Ronald Reagan once said. "I was set to run again. I thought he said a president in his 90s." Abraham Lincoln, in one instance, was able to put a serious injury in a humorous light; in response to a young woman's question about where a soldier was wounded, Lincoln replied, "Ma'am, the bullet that wounded him would not have wounded you." Presidents often bring a sense of humor to the White House with them, allowing the American public to catch a glimpse of their not-so-serious sides."
Anecdotes
vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm
9780786409495, 0786409495
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Abraham Lincoln
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Presidential candidates
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