Presidential Quotes - Page 11

• Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Strong, Freedom

  Speech to 140th Indiana regiment, 17 Mar. 1865

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• If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Coffee, Food, Book

  Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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  The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Political

  Speech, 19 May 1856

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  Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

  James Madison

  Education, Wisdom, Freedom

  1822; cited in U.S. Senate, Alleged Assassination Plots (1975).

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• Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.

  James Madison

  Patriotic, Power, Abuse

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• The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

  James Madison

  Truth, Men, Political

  James Madison's notes on the debates in the Federal Convention, avalon.law.yale.edu. July 11, 1787.

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• I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee.

  George McGovern

  White, House, Wish

  "Hope and Change ... the Constitution" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 25, 2010.

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• Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.

  Jon Meacham

  Greatness, Republican

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• Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris.

  Jon Meacham

  Party, Odds, White

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• President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.

  Dennis Miller

  Funny, Humor, People

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• When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.

  Dee Dee Myers

  White, Volunteer, House

  "What if women ruled the world?" by Dee Dee Myers, www.today.com. February 23, 2008.

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• When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I never gave a minute's thought to what would happen if we won. When we did - and I became the first woman to serve as White House press secretary - it changed my life. But it didn't change the world.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Play, White, House

  Dee Dee Myers (2009). “Why Women Should Rule the World”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.

  Ralph Nader

  Vegas, Gambling, Gamer

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• Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Believe, Passion, Garden

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• You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Gentleman, Complaining, Lasts

  Press conference, Los Angeles, Calif., 7 Nov. 1962

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• What Washington needs is adult supervision.

  Barack Obama

  Political, Adults, Needs

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• The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.

  Michelle Obama

  Patriotic, America, Patriotism

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• Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives.

  Christine Pelosi

  Oil, Shelter, Nominations

  "Ryan Roadmap STILL a Roadmap to Ruin for Social Security" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2012.

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• No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise.

  Christine Pelosi

  Philosophy, Choices, Political

  "Women’s Rights at Stake: Why Iowa Feminists Should Caucus for President Obama" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 31, 2011.

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• That distinctive presidential conduct is now gone forever, banished to the snows of yesteryear by Barack Obama. From the beginning of his presidency to the present, he has spoken specifically and in unprecedented fashion of Republicans as his rivals, his stumbling blocks, the primary cause of his troubles.

  John Podhoretz

  Fashion, Block, Snow

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• The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.

  John Podhoretz

  Winning, White, Males

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• This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud; he sits upon the throne.

  John Podhoretz

  Thrones, Goes On, Way

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• There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.

  James K. Polk

  Political, Selfishness, Principles

  James K. Polk (2015). “The Diary of James K. Polk During His Presidency”, p.399, BIG BYTE BOOKS

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• In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.

  Samantha Power

  Rights, Political, Foreign Policy

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• I believe that the presidential term should be limited.

  Vladimir Putin

  Believe, Should, Term

  "Putin Q&A". "TIME" Interview, content.time.com. 2007.

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