Us President Quotes

• The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Money, Economic Inequality, History

  Second Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1937

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  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

  John Quincy Adams

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• 99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, People, Excuse

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• We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

  Jimmy Carter

  Inspirational, Change, Presidential

  Bettina Stiekel, Jimmy Carter, Various (2003). “The Nobel Book of Answers: The Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, and Other Nobel Prize Winners Answer Some of Life's Most Intriguing Questions for Young People”, Simon and Schuster

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• May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

  Millard Fillmore

  Country, People, Presidential

  Letter to Henry Clay (11 November 1844); as quoted in "Presidential Wit from Washington to Johnson" edited by Bill Adler, 1966.

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• The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

  James Madison

  Education, Freedom, Inspirational Life

  James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.41, University of Virginia Press

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• I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

  John F. Kennedy

  Knowledge, Science, Thinking

  Remarks at dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners of the Western Hemisphere, Washington, D.C., 29 Apr. 1962

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• If you live long enough, you'll experience everything.

  Robert Torricelli

  Adversity, Victory And Defeat, Long

  "Starr: Independent Counsel Act should not be renewed". www.cnn.com. April 14, 1999.

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• 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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• I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

  Benjamin Harrison

  Money, Inspirational Life, Men

  "Rain Still Follows Him: The President's Vermont Trip Marked by Storms". Speech in Rutland, Vermont, reported in The New York Times, August 29, 1891 issue p. 5,

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• I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Yankees, Two, Civil War

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

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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, Presidential

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

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• A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Inspirational, Success, Peace

  "If Elected, I Promise: 1001 Jokes, Toasts, Stories, and Gems of Wisdom by and about Politicians". Book by John Francis Parker, 1960.

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• A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Gun, Political

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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• As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.

  Martin Van Buren

  Two, Office, Presidential

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• You can't fool all of the people all of the time. But it isn't necessary.

  Will Rogers

  Atheist, Lying, People

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• I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

  Jimmy Carter

  Anniversary, Patriotic, Swimming

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• We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

  William J. Clinton

  Children, Patriotic, Presidential

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• The disfranchisement of a single legal elector by fraud or intimidation is a crime too grave to be regarded lightly.

  Benjamin Harrison

  Presidential, Intimidation, Crime

  Benjamin Harrison (1893). “Public Papers and Addresses of Benjamin Harrison: Twenty -third President of the United States. March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893”

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• We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

  George Washington

  4th Of July, Past, Errors

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

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• We will not be led like sheep to the slaughter.

  Abba Kovner

  Freedom, Taken, Patriotic

  "Freedom fighters" by Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2001.

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• Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Change, Freedom, Father

  Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863

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• In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Thomas Jefferson (2013). “The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible”, p.139, BookBaby

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• To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Leadership, Motivation

  1790 First Annual Address, 8 Jan.

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