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On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.
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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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If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth.
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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.
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Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.
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Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.
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All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
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I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me.
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Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.
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It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.
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A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.
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Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.
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You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.
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I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.
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Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
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I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job.
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I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.
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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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When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
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This government has been informed that a Jewish state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by the provisional government thereof. The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.
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No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.
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Andrew Johnson wasn't too bad, but he was overwhelmed by a hostile Congress.
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I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.
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Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty. The external threat to liberty should not drive us into suppressing liberty at home. Those who want the government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
Harry S Truman