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Quotes by President
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."
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"In the years since man unlocked the power stored up within the atom, the world has made progress, halting, but effective, toward bringing that power under human control. The challenge may be our salvation. As we begin to master the destructive potentialities of modern science, we move toward a new era in which science can fulfill its creative promise and help bring into existence the happiest society the world has ever known."
7
"Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?"
7
"Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce."
7
"The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield."
7
"Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects."
7
"We are bound in honor to strive to bring ever nearer the day when, as far is humanly possible, we shall be able to realize the ideal that each man shall have an equal opportunity to show the stuff that is in him by the way in which he renders service."
7
"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
7
"People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time."
7
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."
7
"My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage."
7
"Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program."
7
"We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives."
7
"Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law."
7
"In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it."
7
"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."
7
"Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security."
7
"As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future."
7
"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."
7
"Why should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction and expenditure?"
7
"A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties."
7
"I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me."
7
"I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other."
7
"Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign."
7
"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."
6
"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none."
6
"Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition."
6
"A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends."
6
"The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins."
6
"Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative."
6
"No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!"
6
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."
6
"Terror is not a new weapon. Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail, either by persuasion or example. But inevitably they fail, either because men are not afraid to die for a life worth living, or because the terrorists themselves came to realize that free men cannot be frightened by threats, and that aggression would meet its own response. And it is in the light of that history that every nation today should know, be he friend or foe, that the United States has both the will and the weapons to join free men in standing up to their responsibilities."
6
"Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage."
6
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."
6
"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box."
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