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Quotes by President
"An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins."
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"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
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"Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders."
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"There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword."
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"Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."
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"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."
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"Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone."
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"I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat."
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"Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion."
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"Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government."
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"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
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"Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you."
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"In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again."
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"My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein."
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"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."
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"There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means."
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"I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him."
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"It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label."
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"The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity."
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"But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues."
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"While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass."
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"It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want."
Want,
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"The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes."
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"I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger."
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"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
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"The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits."
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"We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely."
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"The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure."
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"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."
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