| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 44788 |
| QUOTATION: | A president, however, must stand somewhat apart, as all great presidents have known instinctively. Then the language which has the power to survive its own utterance is the most likely to move those to whom it is immediately spoken. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | J.R. Pole (b. 1922), British historian. “The Language of American Presidents,” Parliament of Whores (1980). |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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