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Quotes by President
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
10
"There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me."
10
"The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies."
10
"We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child."
10
"...vast accession of strength from their younger recruits, who having nothing in them of the feelings or principles of '76 now look to a single and splendid government of an Aristocracy, founded on banking institutions and monied in corporations under the guise and cloak of their favored branches of manufactures commerce and navigation, riding and ruling over the plundered ploughman and beggared yeomanry."
10
"Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor."
9
"Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition."
9
"So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'"
9
"As government expands, liberty contracts."
9
"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."
9
"The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression."
9
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."
9
"Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet."
9
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
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"Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated."
9
"We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future."
9
"The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch."
9
"If freedom, democracy, and the rights of man are to be preserved through the ages, free men and women must accept the responsibilities that go with their freedoms."
9
"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money."
9
"Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom."
8
"Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job."
8
"Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage."
8
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
8
"Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character."
8
"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."
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