Presidential Quotes - Page 3

• I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.

  Warren G. Harding

  Office, Fit, Should

  "Across the Busy Years: Recollections and Reflections". Book by Nicholas Murray Butler, Volume 1, 1939.

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• I did not have sexual relations with that woman

  William J. Clinton

  Relation, Impeachment, Political History

  Comment during remarks on after-school child-care initiative, 26 Jan. 1998

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• A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril to liberty, our high duty is to see that this storehouse is not robbed of its contents.

  Herbert Hoover

  Freedom, Integrity, Confusion

  Herbert Hoover (1951). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950”

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• It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

  George Washington

  Bible, Thanksgiving, God

  Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789

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• I've committed adultery in my heart.

  Jimmy Carter

  Heart, Adultery, Committed

  Interview, Playboy, Nov. 1976

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• A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Political, Tasks, Politics

  State of the Union address to Congress, 4 Jan. 1965, in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson 1965 vol. 1, p. 9

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• We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.

  Barack Obama

  Happiness, Happy, Country

  President Obama's Inaugural Address, www.foxnews.com. January 21, 2013.

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• In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Leadership, Witty, Men

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• The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.144, Best Books on

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• Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

  Franklin Pierce

  Patriotic, Political, Politics

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• A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Bible, Christian, Education

  "Stepping Stone : The Complete Bible Narratives". Book by John Thomas Clark, 1941.

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• Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do.

  George W. Bush

  Learning, Important, Essentials

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• Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Flower

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• The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

  Millard Fillmore

  Country, Men, Looks

  Millard Fillmore (1970). “Millard Fillmore Papers”

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• If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrat at the other, all would be well with the country.

  Andrew Johnson

  Country, Would Be, Ends

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• Above all, tell the truth.

  Grover Cleveland

  Telling The Truth

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• Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .

  William Howard Taft

  Important, Liberty, Next

  William Howard Taft, William Taft “Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and Its Perils”, Transaction Publishers

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• Today in America, unions have a secure place in our industrial life. Only a handful of reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions and depriving working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice. I have no use for those - regardless of their political party - who hold some vain and foolish dream of spinning the clock back to days when organized labor was huddled, almost as a hapless mass. Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Dream, Party, Men

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• A house divided against itself cannot stand.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Leadership, Inspirational Life, Twilight

  Speech at Republican state convention nominating him to run for U.S. senator, Springfield, Ill., 16 June 1858

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  You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Basketball, Peace

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• Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

  Herbert Hoover

  Freedom, Media, Liberty

  United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover), Herbert Hoover (1974). “Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspirational, Money, Peace

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• The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.

  James A. Garfield

  Divorce, Organization, Community

  Remark during Congressional debate. "Congressional Record", 43rd Congress, 1st Session, p. 5384, memory.loc.gov. June 22, 1874.

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• Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

  John F. Kennedy

  Motivational, Change, Inspiring

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