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"When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities."

"When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities."

William J. Clinton, American President

Family, Daughter, Successful, Hope, World

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"Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved."

"Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Humor, Leader, Mind, Potential

3

"Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself."

"Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself."

Rutherford B. Hayes, American President

Education, Power, Effort, Law

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"Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"

"Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"

James Monroe, American President

Nation, Country, May

3

"A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible."

"A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Government, Opinion, States, United

3

"A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him."

"A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him."

Gerald R. Ford, American President

Victory, Defeat, Propaganda

3

"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order."

"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order."

John Adams, American President

Exercise, Horses, Old, Order

3

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Freedom, Children

3

"It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own."

"It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Freedom, Change, Values, Circumstances, Conscience

3

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Temptation, Men, Liberty, Sea

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"Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it."

"Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it."

Martin Van Buren, American President

3

"From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard."

"From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Tyranny, Ironcurtain, Trouble

3

"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."

"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

3

"I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election."

"I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election."

Warren G. Harding, American President

3

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."

George Washington, American President

3

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Politics, People, Body, Congress, Lawyers

3

"A government is for the benefit of all the people."

"A government is for the benefit of all the people."

William Howard Taft, American President

Government, People

3

"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."

"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."

George W. Bush, American President

3

"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it."

"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Temptation, Pleasure

3

"A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus."

"A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus."

Herbert Hoover, American President

Skepticism, Santaclaus

3

"The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good."

"The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Creativity, Ideas, World

3

"Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree."

"Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree."

William J. Clinton, American President

Change, Money, Power, People

3

"I am in support of the NRA position on gun control."

"I am in support of the NRA position on gun control."

William J. Clinton, American President

Control, Support

3

"Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself."

"Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Politics, Science, Society, Progress

3

"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."

"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."

Martin Van Buren, American President

Faith, Performance, States, United

3

"I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life."

"I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life."

Andrew Jackson, American President

Life, Soul, May, Obligation

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"One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat."

"One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Judgment, Light, Worth

3

"I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else."

"I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else."

William Howard Taft, American President

Time, Politics, Trying

3

"Genius is sorrow's child."

"Genius is sorrow's child."

John Adams, American President

3

"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom."

"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom."

Jimmy Carter, American President

Government, Wisdom, People, Right

3

"War is a contagion."

"War is a contagion."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

3

"I played by the rules of politics as I found them."

"I played by the rules of politics as I found them."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Politics, Rules

3

"The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady."

"The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Film, First, Lady, Memory

3

"It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present."

"It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Time, Past, Present

3

"Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session."

"Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session."

James Monroe, American President

3

"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."

"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

3

"Where annual elections end where slavery begins."

"Where annual elections end where slavery begins."

John Quincy Adams, American President

Politics, Elections, End, Slavery

3

"Study men, not historians."

"Study men, not historians."

Harry S. Truman, American President

Man, Men, Historians, Study

3

"Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought."

"Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought."

Harry S. Truman, American President

Education, Thought, Books, Race

3

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."

John Adams, American President

Trust, Government, Power, Danger

3

"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting."

"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

People, Right, Vote

3

"It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe."

"It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe."

Zachary Taylor, American President

3

"I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it."

"I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it."

George H. W. Bush, American President

3

"I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class."

"I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class."

Barack Obama, American President

Politics, Class, Economy, Middleclass, Taxes

3

"Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents."

"Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Direction, Influence, Nation

3

"We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own."

"We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own."

George W. Bush, American President

Gain, Man, Moon, Ships

3

"I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember."

"I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember."

Gerald R. Ford, American President

3

"There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong."

"There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong."

James Madison, American President

Interest, Majority, Maxim, Needs

3

"History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion."

"History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion."

Gerald R. Ford, American President

Experience, History, Progress, Confusion

3

"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

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