Following are some presidential quotations, some quite insightful: ''In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.'' —President John Adams ''I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.'' —President Teddy Roosevelt ''I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy: 'Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.''' —President John Kennedy (During presidential campaign)''When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.'' —President George W. Bush, after the 9/11 attacks ''Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.'' —President Ronald Reagan ''I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.'' —President John Kennedy, at a dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners of the Western Hemisphere, the White House, April 29, 1962 ''I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the American penal system.'' —President Bill Clinton, on the White House ''If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?'' —President Abraham Lincoln ''When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'present' or 'not guilty.''' —President Teddy Roosevelt 4951