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Quotes by President
"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."
27
"Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government."
27
"My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise."
27
"I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete."
27
"It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent."
27
"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."
27
"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."
26
"It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me."
26
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."
26
"I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past."
26
"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."
25
"The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy."
25
"The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people."
25
"Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them."
25
"All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary."
24
"If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet."
24
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference."
24
"To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression."
24
"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."
24
"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."
24
"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
24
"A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil."
24
"There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country."
24
"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
23
"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."
23
"Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere."
23
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
23
"We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government."
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