Presidential Quotes - Page 6

• Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, 6 Apr. 1859

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  We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

  Abdul Kalam

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.90, Universities Press

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• I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.

  Muhammadu Buhari

  Ghana, Inauguration, Nigeria

  Twitter post from Dec 7, 2017

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• Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

  Ronald Reagan

  Business, Government, Political

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.419, Simon and Schuster

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• Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Freedom

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Military, Moving

  Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

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• It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and a usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. Let us, then, look to the great cause, and endeavor to preserve it in full force. Let us by all wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.

  James Monroe

  Wise, Mean, Exercise

  George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Knox Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama (2017). “Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition”, p.35, e-artnow sro

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  Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Strength, Peace, Strong

  Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

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• Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

  Herbert Hoover

  Peace, Heart, Men

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• The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

  Andrew Johnson

  Government, Goal, People

  "Andrew Johnson, Plebeian and Patriot". Book by Robert Watson Winston, 1928.

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• In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

  William McKinley

  Uplifting, Victory, May

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

  William McKinley

  War, Agency, Should

  William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.20, tredition

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• My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Humor, Russia

  Remarks during radio microphone test, 11 Aug. 1984

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• The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

  William Howard Taft

  Success, World, Legislation

  William Howard Taft, David Henry Burton (2009). “William Howard Taft: Essential Writings and Addresses”, p.126, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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• No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.

  John Adams

  Men, Office, Liberty

  Letter to Josiah Quincy, 14 Feb. 1825

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• One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Civilization, People, Criminals

  "Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes". Book by Rutherford B. Hayes, 1922 - 1926.

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• Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

  George H. W. Bush

  Education, Thinking, Challenges

  Address to the Nation on the National Education Strategy, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. April 18, 1991.

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• I SEND YOU MY HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS UPON BEGINNING THE THIRTIETH YEAR OF YOUR GREAT CAREER AS MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS, IN WHICH YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO UPHOLD THE TRADITIONS OF CLEAN SPORTSMANSHIP IN THE MOST BELOVED NATIONAL GAME.

  Herbert Hoover

  Baseball, New York, Congratulations

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• I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record numbers during the last presidential election, will pass their enthusiasm on to their children.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Country, Children, Thinking

  "My Exclusive Interview with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2009.

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• Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

  Harry S. Truman

  Government, Democracy, Internet

  Quoted in Merle Miller, Plain Speaking (1974). This from the man who presided over the creation of CIA.

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• The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent - that of total separation of Church and State. No religious establishment by law exists among us. The conscience is left free from all restraint and each is permitted to worship his Maker after his own judgement.

  John Tyler

  Religious, Law, Judgement

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• If you don't have good people, and you don't have a good process and you don't have, at some level, the basic reverence for [presidential] office, and an understanding of the incredible responsibilities and obligations, then, I think you can get into trouble.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Thinking, People

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• The course of unbalanced budgets is the road to ruin

  Herbert Hoover

  Ruins, Unbalanced, Courses

  Herbert Hoover, Arnold S. Rice, United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover) (1971). “Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964; chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!

  John Adams

  Bible, God, Religious

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