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Quotes by President
"When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it."
134
"May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace."
121
"If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost."
101
"Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference."
98
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
98
"One man with courage makes a majority."
95
"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel."
92
"Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress."
90
"If there is a doubt, I believe that I must put myself forward and undergo the people's judgment."
84
"I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth."
73
"If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.""
69
"I've never heard an agency say, 'Unless you industrialize I will not support you'."
65
"None of the parties want this conflict to go on."
65
"You aren't learning anything when you're talking."
64
"At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point."
62
"It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country."
61
"In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost."
61
"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
59
"I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world."
58
"No doubt it was better to have become president than not."
58
"The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people."
57
"The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period."
56
"How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened."
56
"The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations."
56
"We are a people who can bring about miracles if united."
56
"Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers."
54
"To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom."
54
"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free."
54
"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."
51
"Simply because my people are hungry, that is no justification to give them poison, to give them genetically modified food that is intrinsically dangerous to their health."
51
"With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses."
51
"Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated."
50
"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals."
49
"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."
48
"I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency."
47
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