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A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.
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A President cannot always be popular.
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Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.
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If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.
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The true foundation of the brotherhood of humankind is belief in the knowledge that God is the Father of humankind. For us, therefore, brotherhood is not only a generous impulse but also a divine command.
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A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
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I do not understand a mind which sees a gracious beneficence in spending money to slay and maim human beings in almost unimaginable numbers and deprecates the expenditure of a smaller sum to patch up the ills of mankind.
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The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
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He was a great president in his first term; in his second term, he wasn't the same Grover Cleveland he was to begin with. ...Cleveland reestablished the presidency by being not only a chief executive but a leader.
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He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed.
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The absence of war is not peace.
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Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose. It is not given to us to know fully what that purpose is, but I think we may be sure of one thing, and that is that our country is intended to do all it can, in cooperating with other nations to help created peace and preserve peace in the world. It is given to defend the spiritual values-the moral code-against the vast forces of evil that seek to destroy them.
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I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job.
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Peace is precious to us. It is the way of life we strive for with all the strength and wisdom we possess. But more precious than peace are freedom and justice. We will fight, if fight we must, to keep our freedom and to prevent justice from being destroyed.
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A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.
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Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
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I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
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Canada is a broad land - broad in mind, broad in spirit, and broad in physical expanse.
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Three things ruin a man: power, money, and women. I never wanted power. I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.
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The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.
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Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time...
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We fully realize today that victory in war requires a mighty united effort. Certainly, victory in peace calls for, and must receive, an equal effort. Man has learned long ago, that it is impossible to live unto himself. This same basic principle applies today to nations. We were not isolated during the war. We dare not now become isolated in peace.
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The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
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I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.