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• We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the many Protestant denominations, the Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church do not seek to destroy one another in physical violence just because they do not interpret every verse of the Bible in exactly the same way. Here we now have the freedom of all religions, and I hope that never again will we have a repetition of religious bigotry, as we have had in certain periods of our own history. There is no room for that kind of foolishness here.

  Harry S. Truman

  Country, Religious, Civilization

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• You know what's really frightening? You (Jon Stewart) actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it's true. You've got stoned slackers watching your dopey show every night and they can vote.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Power, Night, Scary

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  The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

  James Monroe

  Gun, Self, Defense

  James Monroe (199?). “The Writings of James Monroe: 1817-1823”

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• ...for two centuries supporters of the Electoral College have built their arguments on a series of faulty premises. The Electoral College is a gross violation of the cherished value of political equality. At the same time, it does not protect the interests of small states or racial minorities, nor does it serve as a bastion of federalism. Instead the Electoral College distorts the presidential campaign so that candidates ignore most small states - and many large ones - and pay little attention to minorities.

  George C. Edwards III

  College, Two, Political

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• I don't know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House.

  Bob Hope

  Running, Animal, White

  Bob Hope (2004). “Bob Hope”, Hyperion

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• . . . unfortunately, we can't control the actions of everyone.

  William J. Clinton

  Life, War, Justice

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• Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. And to the same Divine Author of every good and perfect gift we are indebted for all those privileges and advantages, religious as well as civil, which are so richly enjoyed in this favored land.

  James Monroe

  Religious, Godly, Men

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• My custom is to read four or five chapters of the Bible every morning immediately after rising. It seems to me the most suitable manner of beginning the day. It is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue.

  John Quincy Adams

  Bible, Morning, Godly

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• The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Godly, Safety, Foundation

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• The study of this Book in your Bible classes is a post-graduate course in the richest library of human experience.

  Herbert Hoover

  Bible, Godly, Library

  "The State Papers and Other Public Writings of Herbert Hoover".

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• Each day millions of our citizens approach our Maker on bended knee, seeking His grace and giving thanks for the many blessings He bestows upon us.

  George W. Bush

  Godly, Blessing, Giving

  Address Welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the White House, delivered 16 April 2008, South Lawn

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• I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

  John Tyler

  Inspirational Life, Government, Strongest

  David A. Durfee, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler) (1970). “William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

  Millard Fillmore

  Inspirational Life, Would Be, Presidents Day

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• Good ball players make good citizens.

  Grover Cleveland

  Inspirational Life, Player, Balls

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• For a subject worked and reworked so often in novels, motion pictures, and television, American Indians remain probably the least understood and most misunderstood Americans of us all.

  John F. Kennedy

  Misunderstood, Television, American Indian

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• Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.

  James Madison

  Respect, Character, Numbers

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• At a press conference yesterday NASA announced that 2005 was the hottest year on record. It is so hot, and global warming is so bad, if the presidential election were held today, Al Gore would still lose.

  Jay Leno

  Years, Yesterday, Hot

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• A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Government, People, Liberty

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• If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it.

  David Horowitz

  Birthday, Kings, Holiday

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• To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of artthis is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.

  John F. Kennedy

  Appreciation, People, Creative

  John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Magnum Photos, inc, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) (1962). “Creative America”

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• Today, possible presidential candidate Donald Trump released his birth certificate. It lists his eyes as blue and his hair as ridiculous.

  Conan O'Brien

  Eye, Hair, Blue

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• Former President George W. Bush has hired a man to lead his presidential think tank in Dallas. The man was hired because he was the only candidate who could say the words, 'George W. Bush think tank' with a straight face.

  Conan O'Brien

  Men, Thinking, Tanks

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• Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Even though one city is all about sin and the other is all about salvation, they are identical, one-dimensional company towns built up by the sheer will of true believers.

  Sarah Vowell

  Cities, Lakes, Vegas

  Sarah Vowell (2005). “Assassination Vacation”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• I read the book [My Life by Bill Clinton] completely. And I think it compares very favorably with Ulysses S. Grant's gold standard of presidential autobiographies.

  Dan Rather

  Book, Thinking, Ulysses's Grant

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• Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview of the Gore-Lieberman fight-back, comeback strategy. Their message: They represent the future, not the past, and they are the ticket of high moral standards most in tune with real mainstream America.

  Dan Rather

  Running, Real, Fighting

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