Presidents Day Quotes

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"Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself...!!!"

Arthur: Thomas J-Watson...!!!

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"The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases & to the increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve attention of Congress.

Chester...!!!"

Arthur: A-Arthur...!!!

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"Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they r able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which r employed altogether for their benefit...!!!"

Arthur: Andrew Jackson...!!!

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"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself.... Because it’s only when u hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that u realize your true potential...!!!"

Arthur: Barack Obama...!!!

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"To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, & its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute...!!!"

Arthur: James Buchanan...!!!

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"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise & independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, & others of that nature, r too violent for the body & stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks...!!!"

Arthur: Thomas Jefferson...!!!

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"Change is the law of life. & those who look only to the past or present r certain to miss the future...!!!"

Arthur: John F-Kennedy...!!!

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"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; & a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives...!!!"

Arthur: James Madison...!!!

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"There is a power in public opinion in this country - & I thank GOD for it: for it is the most honest & best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives & fortunes of his fellow-citizens...!!!"

Arthur: Martin Van Buren...!!!

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"Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, & within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions & applies to all subjects...!!!

Arthur: Andrew Johnson...!!!

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"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice & destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they r different from other men...!!!"

Arthur: Lyndon B-Johnson...!!!

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"Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity...!!!"

Arthur: George Bancroft...!!!

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"Ohio claims they r due a president as they haven't had one since Taft.  Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln...!!!"

Arthur: Will Rogers...!!!

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"I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty & weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch...!!!"

Arthur: George W-Bush...!!!

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"Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education...!!!"

Arthur: George H.W-Bush...!!!

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"My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, & scarcely done at all if three or more r employed therein...!!!"

Arthur: George Washington...!!!

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"I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream & a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, & I will complete it...!!!"

Arthur: George H. W-Bush...!!!

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"Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly & without reservation that he is in error...!!!"

Arthur: Andrew Jackson...!!!

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"I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men r created free & equal...!!!"

Arthur: Abraham Lincoln...!!!

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"There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. & there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church & state. I've always believed in the separation of church & state...!!!"

Arthur: Jimmy Carter...!!!

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"The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest & a high school debate, with an encyclopaedia of cliches the first prize...!!!"

Arthur: Saul Bellow...!!!

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"I'm rather inclined to silence, & whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot...!!!"

Arthur: Abraham Lincoln...!!!

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"I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men & whose goodness & mercy have always followed the American people, & I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly & reverently seek His powerful aid...!!!"

Arthur: Grover Cleveland...!!!

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"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. & one path we shall never choose, & that is the path of surrender, or submission...!!!"

Arthur: John F-Kennedy...!!!

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"I hope I shall possess firmness & virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man...!!!"

Arthur: George Washington...!!!

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"Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it & a relentless focus on the future, with business & government working together to promote growth & broadly shared prosperity. We think 'we're all in this together' is a better philosophy than 'you're on your own...!!!"

Arthur: William J-Clinton...!!!

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"There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest & finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power...!!!"

Arthur: William Henry Harrison...!!!

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"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it...!!!"

Arthur: George W-Bush...!!!

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"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation & prestige that the warrior does today...!!!"

Arthur: John F-Kennedy...!!!

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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgements requires the severe discipline of hard work & the tempering heat of experience & maturity...!!!"

Arthur: Calvin Coolidge...!!!

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"I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men r created free & equal...!!!"

Arthur: Abraham Lincoln...!!!

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"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom & that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day...!!!"

Arthur: Abraham Lincoln...!!!

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"Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette the more u woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace...!!!"

Arthur: John Tyler...!!!

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"Here in America we r descended in blood & in spirit from revolutionists & rebels - men & women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion...!!!"

Arthur: Dwight D-Eisenhower...!!!

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"If u see ten troubles coming down the road, u can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you...!!!"

Arthur: Calvin Coolidge...!!!

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