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Quotes by President
"I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'."
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"Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me."
12
"In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world."
12
"In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you."
12
"There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents."
12
"Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better."
11
"The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly."
11
"I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor."
11
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
11
"In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office."
11
"A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'"
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"It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it."
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"It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training."
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"Civilization and profit go hand in hand."
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"Things have never been more like the way they are today in history."
11
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
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"The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy."
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"I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind."
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"Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time."
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"Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination."
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"Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity."
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"Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!"
God,
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