Quotes about american-president
american-president living teach
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. John Adams
american-president hang tie
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt
american-president determination man mistakes
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Theodore Roosevelt
american-president among cannot general knowledge liberty preserved
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
american-president fashions man
He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions of it. Woodrow Wilson
american-president deluded fear people
Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted. Andrew Jackson
american-president contrived equality man operate system taxation wisdom
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
american-president attempt hard
Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt. Nothing's so hard but search will find it out. Robert Herrick
american-president public
With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. Abraham Lincoln
american-president build cannot character courage initiative taking
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. William J. H. Boetcker
american-president conclusion gate increase major tourists work
I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town. William Howard Taft
american-president directed government measures poor richer
All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. William Henry Harrison
american-president brought conceived created dedicated equality fathers forth men seven
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
american-president conviction driven knees nowhere seemed
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.
american-president awakened cabinet case left national orders time
I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. Ronald Reagan
american-president bread cannot man peanut
Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. James A. Garfield
american-president cannot confidence despair fear founded government great intelligence majority virtue
Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.
american-president chance seize
I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.
american-president fun
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
american-president pay secure
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
american-president brave country coward deserts hour man worth
The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
american-president debated determined fields halls line separation settled tried union wider
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.
american-president help reached shall sight
We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation. Herbert Hoover
american-president consists wisdom
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.
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This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character.
american-president consists oft wisdom
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
american-president ease history led life man name whose
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
american-president happiness necessary wife
Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it. Lyndon B. Johnson
american-president convert efforts fear itself needed retreat terror
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
american-president cannot help men
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
american-president conceal concealing
Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Dwight D. Eisenhower
american-president economy few keeps regulate short stops subsidize tax view
The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
american-president character eats jelly
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beans.