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"We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another."

"We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Government, People, America, Nation

13

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

People, Values, Principles

13

"I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman."

"I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman."

John Adams, American President

Politics, Woman, Word

13

"The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament."

"The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Agreement, Open, States, Tests

13

"In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic."

"In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

13

"The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty."

"The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Nation, Countries, Country, Exploration, Moon

13

"I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement."

"I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

13

"Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity."

"Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity."

Herbert Hoover, American President

Dignity, Freedom, Open, Spirit

13

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

13

"In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose."

"In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Poetry, Age, Key, Prose

13

"Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries."

"Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries."

Jimmy Carter, American President

Love, Music, Nature, Art

13

"Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough."

"Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough."

George W. Bush, American President

Education, Liberal

13

"This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty."

"This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

War, Now, Poverty

13

"We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices."

"We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Communication, Words

13

"Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States."

"Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States."

James K. Polk, American President

People, Action, Necessity, Party

13

"Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust."

"Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust."

Grover Cleveland, American President

Trust, Public, Publictrust

13

"The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands."

"The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Man, Presidency

13

"On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success."

"On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success."

Martin Van Buren, American President

Success, Trust, People, Ability

13

"What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president."

"What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Politics, People, Distrust, Party

13

"Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it."

"Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Force, Media, Presidency, Universe

13

"I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."

"I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."

George W. Bush, American President

People, Rest, Will, World

13

"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments."

"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

War, Beginning, End, Want

13

"Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule."

"Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule."

Gerald R. Ford, American President

Government, People, Laws

13

"An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins."

"An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Care, Man, University

13

"I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ."

"I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ."

Jimmy Carter, American President

Christian, Christ, Hate, Teaching

13

"Words without actions are the assassins of idealism."

"Words without actions are the assassins of idealism."

Herbert Hoover, American President

Action, Actions, Idealism, Words

13

"I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display."

"I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Politics, Open, Opponents

13

"I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"

"I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

American, America

13

"You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff."

"You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff."

George H. W. Bush, American President

War, Faith, States

13

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

John Quincy Adams, American President

Leadership, Leader, Dream, Actions

13

"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Thought, Comfort, Opinion

13

"In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people."

"In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

People, Progress, Nation

13

"The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job."

"The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Attitude, Thought, Being, Job

13

"Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth."

"Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

13

"The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true."

"The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true."

George W. Bush, American President

Power, Trust, Freedom, World

13

"We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions."

"We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions."

Martin Van Buren, American President

Peace, Country, Rights, Honor

13

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

Peace, Time, Christmas, Goodwill

13

"You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible."

"You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible."

Harry S. Truman, American President

Politics, Necessity, Nixon

13

"We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Growth, Conformity, Enemy, Freedom

13

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."

George Washington, American President

Diplomacy, War, Peace, Desire, Insult

13

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official."

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Society, Patriotism, Country, Principle, Loyalty

13

"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."

"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."

George W. Bush, American President

Accomplishment, Accomplishments, Country, Danger

13

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

George Washington, American President

Politics, Government, Fire, Force, Reason

13

"I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis."

"I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis."

James Monroe, American President

Society, France, Russia, Satisfaction

13

"Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist."

"Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Change, Chaos, Interest

13

"Testing oneself is best when done alone."

"Testing oneself is best when done alone."

Jimmy Carter, American President

13

"The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom."

"The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom."

George W. Bush, American President

Strength, Freedom

13

"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."

"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."

Harry S. Truman, American President

Learning, Worth

13

"If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy."

"If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy."

James Monroe, American President

History, People, Growth, Example

13

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."

George Washington, American President

Freedom, Men, Time, Americans

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