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Quotes by President
"We merely want to live in peace with all the world to trade with them to commune with them to learn from their culture as they may learn from ours so that the products of our toil may be used for our schools and our roads and our churches and not for guns and planes and tanks and ships of war."
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"The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied...and its surplus applied to canals, roads, schools, etc., the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings."
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"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
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"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
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"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."
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"We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost."
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"Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them."
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"I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others."
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"No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it."
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"The key for any speaker is to establish his own point of view for the audience, so they can see the game through his eyes."
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"You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed."
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"We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare."
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"The habit of using ardent spirits by men in office has occasioned more injury to the public and more trouble to me than all other causes. Were I to commence my administration again the first question I would ask respecting a candidate for office would be Does he use ardent spirits?"
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"Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing."
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"Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument and amenable to reason.Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all."
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"Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse."
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"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."
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"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."
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"A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character."
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"Everything is useful which contributes to fix in the principles and practices of virtue."
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"A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill."
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"You can't tax business. Business doesn't pay taxes. It collects taxes."
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"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement."
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"Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other."
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"I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one."
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"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."
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"I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary."
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