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Quotes by President
"The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations."
42
"Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!"
God,
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"Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next."
42
"When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing."
42
"I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge."
42
"You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on."
42
"The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation."
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"It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business."
42
"Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion."
42
"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction."
42
"In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything."
42
"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."
42
"Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will."
42
"We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power."
42
"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."
42
"In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence."
42
"Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future."
42
"Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government."
42
"When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results."
42
"Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past."
42
"The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government."
42
"It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his own opinion."
42
"We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy."
42
"Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence."
42
"No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works."
42
"There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves."
42
"I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write."
Will,
42
"Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world."
42
"So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?"
42
"The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes assigned them west of the Mississippi."
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