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Presidential Quotes and Trivia

Washington Life Center February 19, 2014

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Old minds are like old horses, you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order

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Old minds are like old horses, you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order

– John Adams

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Old minds are like old horses, you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order

– John Adams

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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

– Thomas Jefferson

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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

– Thomas Jefferson

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All men having the power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

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All men having the power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

- James Madison

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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

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Break for A Little Trivia about Presidents

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The only thing you have to fear is fear itself.

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The only thing you have to fear is fear itself.

- FDR

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are, (when you have it)!

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are, (when you have it)!

- Teddy Roosevelt

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If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

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If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

- Ronald Reagan

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I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have

looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

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I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have

looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

- Ronald Reagan

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It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking

resemblance to the first. 

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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

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because

we destroyed ourselves. 

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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because

we destroyed ourselves. 

Abraham Lincoln

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

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

Abraham Lincoln

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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.

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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 

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"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.” 

(December 14, 2009)

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"I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.” 

Barrack Obama (December 14, 2009)

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We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we

will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

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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 

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

- Abraham Lincoln

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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

 

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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

 

Abraham Lincoln

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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

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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

- Abraham Lincoln

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Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

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Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

- Thomas Jefferson

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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

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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.

 

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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

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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance

for the preservation of our liberty. 

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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance

for the preservation of our liberty. 

Thomas Jefferson

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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful

and tyrannical.

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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful

and tyrannical.Thomas Jefferson

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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the

ones you want to concentrate on. 

 

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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the

ones you want to concentrate on. 

George W. Bush

 

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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.

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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

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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your

trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your

trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Theodore Roosevelt 

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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

 Theodore Roosevelt

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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

- Teddy Roosevelt 

Theodore Roosevelt

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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Theodore Roosevelt

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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.

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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 

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I am not a crook.

Richard Milhous Nixon  

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You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.

.

William Jefferson Clinton 

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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 

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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

-William Jefferson Clinton 

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Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the

time when they most need to think.

William Jefferson Clinton 

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Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the

time when they most need to think.

 

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Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the

time when they most need to think.

William Jefferson Clinton 

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government

fears the people, there is liberty. 

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.

When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

 Thomas Jefferson

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

George Washington

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The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their

governments.

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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 

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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

 

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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

George Washington 

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It is better to be alone than in bad company.

 

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It is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington 

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A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

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A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Abraham Lincoln 

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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.

 

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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 

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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.  

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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

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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.

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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

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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

George Bush

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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

 

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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Theodore Roosevelt  

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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.

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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

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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.

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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 

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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.

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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

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My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go

straight.

 

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My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go

straight.

-John F. Kennedy 

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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Thomas Jefferson 

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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask

what you can do for your country.

 

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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask

what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy 

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy 

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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.  

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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.  

John F. Kennedy

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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.

 

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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 

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

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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

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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.

 

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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

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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.

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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