"Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat."

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"The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president."

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"The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem."

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"I don't think I'll ever be president of anything."

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"I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me."

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"I can't believe George Bush might be president."

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"I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty."

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"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

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"The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president."

"I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger was wrong when he says we had to go in there because he was wrong about Vietnam."

"The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem."

"Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me."

"Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain."

"I don't think I'll ever be president of anything."

"I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me."

"I can't believe George Bush might be president."

"I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty."

"I think it's less risky for the Kerry campaign to embrace former President Clinton than it is to reject him."

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"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

"The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law."

"I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts."

"Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives."

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."

"We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,"

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"From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard."