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Presidential Quotes and Trivia
Washington Life Center February 19, 2014
Old minds are like old horses, you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order
Old minds are like old horses, you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order
– John Adams
Old minds are like old horses, you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order
– John Adams
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
– Thomas Jefferson
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
– Thomas Jefferson
All men having the power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
All men having the power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
- James Madison
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from the children .They did not want public office.
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The thing I enjoyed most were visits from the children .They did not want public office.
-Herbert Hoover
Break for A Little Trivia about Presidents
The only thing you have to fear is fear itself.
The only thing you have to fear is fear itself.
- FDR
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are, (when you have it)!
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are, (when you have it)!
- Teddy Roosevelt
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
- Ronald Reagan
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have
looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have
looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
- Ronald Reagan
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking
resemblance to the first.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking
resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because
we destroyed ourselves.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because
we destroyed ourselves.
Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Banks properly established and conducted are highly useful to the
business of the country, and will doubtless continue to exist in the States
so long as they conform to their laws and are found to be safe and beneficial.
Banks properly established and conducted are highly useful to the
business of the country, and will doubtless continue to exist in the States
so long as they conform to their laws and are found to be safe and beneficial.
Martin Van Buren
"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.”
(December 14, 2009)
"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.”
Barrack Obama (December 14, 2009)
We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we
will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we
will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
George W. Bush
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
- Abraham Lincoln
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
- Abraham Lincoln
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
- Abraham Lincoln
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
- Thomas Jefferson
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if
acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if
acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
-Thomas Jefferson
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance
for the preservation of our liberty.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance
for the preservation of our liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful
and tyrannical.
To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful
and tyrannical.Thomas Jefferson
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the
ones you want to concentrate on.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the
ones you want to concentrate on.
George W. Bush
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs,
even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs,
even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your
trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your
trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
Theodore Roosevelt
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
- Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore Roosevelt
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's
permission when we ask him to obey it.
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's
permission when we ask him to obey it.
Theodore Roosevelt
I am not a crook.
Richard Milhous Nixon
You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
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William Jefferson Clinton
You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle (sic).
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You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle. (sic)
.
William Jefferson Clinton
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
-William Jefferson Clinton
Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the
time when they most need to think.
William Jefferson Clinton
Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the
time when they most need to think.
Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the
time when they most need to think.
William Jefferson Clinton
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government
fears the people, there is liberty.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their
governments.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their
governments.
George Washington
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
George Washington
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Abraham Lincoln
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that
we seek.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that
we seek.
Barack Obama
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to
promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to
promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
-Barack Obama
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool
all the people all the time.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool
all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
George Bush
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Theodore Roosevelt
We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an
American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an
American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
-Theodore Roosevelt
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right
thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing
you can do is nothing.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right
thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing
you can do is nothing.Theodore Roosevelt
I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the
American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this
decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my
watch.
I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the
American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this
decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my
watch.George W. Bush
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go
straight.
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go
straight.
-John F. Kennedy
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
Thomas Jefferson
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask
what you can do for your country.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask
what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
John F. Kennedy
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear
any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the
survival and the success of liberty.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear
any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the
survival and the success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an
open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an
open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
John F. Kennedy
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though
checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither
enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not
victory nor defeat.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though
checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither
enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not
victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt