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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."
126
"May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace."
96
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
86
"Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference."
84
"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."
84
"Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress."
82
"One man with courage makes a majority."
78
"If there is a doubt, I believe that I must put myself forward and undergo the people's judgment."
69
"If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.""
58
"You aren't learning anything when you're talking."
52
"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
51
"In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost."
49
"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."
48
"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."
47
"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."
46
"To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom."
46
"We are a people who can bring about miracles if united."
46
"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."
44
"I've never heard an agency say, 'Unless you industrialize I will not support you'."
44
"The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people."
44
"With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses."
44
"How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened."
43
"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."
43
"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free."
43
"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."
42
"Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated."
42
"No doubt it was better to have become president than not."
42
"Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers."
40
"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."
39
"None of the parties want this conflict to go on."
38
"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."
38
"It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States."
38
"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals."
37
"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!"
36
"Never spend your money before you have earned it."
35
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