Quotes From American Presidents

It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

How soon we forget history... Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

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This Lens Was Updated on April 28/12

Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.

The buck stops here!

I never gave anybody hell. I just told the truth and they think it's hell.

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.

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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

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The only limit to our realization of
tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt-

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt-

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

A nation that destroys it's soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

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