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Quotes by President
"There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens."
63
"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!"
63
"Don't be afraid to see what you see."
63
"That is why I decline to recognize the meremultimillionaire, the man of mere wealth, as an asset of value to any country;and especially as not an asset to my own country. If he has earned or uses hiswealth in a way that makes him a real benefit, of real use- and such is often thecase- why, then he does become an asset of real worth."
63
"In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins."
63
"I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system."
63
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
62
"Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect."
62
"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."
62
"Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North."
62
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
62
"You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done."
62
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
61
"I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president."
61
"While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass."
61
"Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates."
61
"I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm."
60
"The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance."
60
"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it."
60
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."
60
"A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil."
60
"It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today."
60
"Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse."
59
"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."
Luck,
59
"The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy."
59
"Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity."
59
"I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence."
59
"There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard."
59
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."
59
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."
59
"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."
59
"I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past."
59
"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."
58
"Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury."
58
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