Political Figures
Political Figures "To be prepared
for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
-Georges Washington-
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our
wishes our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot
alter the state of facts and evidence."
-John Quincy Adams-
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to
time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
-Thomas Jefferson-
"I believe there are more instances of the
abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent
encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
-James Madison-
"The American continents ... are henceforth not to
be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European
powers."
-Monroe-
" In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or
ill will or any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in
bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do. " -John Quincy
Adams-
"One man with courage makes a majority."
-Andrew Jackson-
"You can fool all of the people some of the time,
and some of the people all of the time, but you can not fool all of the
people all of the time."
-Abraham Lincoln-
"The war is over; the rebels are our countrymen
again."
-U.S. Grant-
" No man is justified in doing evil on the ground
of expediency. "
-T. Roosevelt-
"There is such a thing as a man being too proud to
fight."
-Wilson-
"Older men declare war. But it is youth that must
fight and die."
-Hoover-
"There is no indispensable man."
-T. Roosevelt-
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the
kitchen."
-Truman-
"Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history."
-Abraham Lincoln-
" Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us
never fear to negotiate."
-J.F. Kennedy-
"A decent and manly examination of the acts of
government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged."
-W. Harrison-
"A government of laws, and not of men."
-J. Q. Adams-
"Government does not solve problems, it subsidizes
them."
-Ronald Reagan-
"Two problems of our country: energy and malaise."
-Jimmy Carter-
"My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare
is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a Government of
laws and not of men. Here the people rule."
-Gerald Ford-
"I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've
committed adultery in my heart many times."
-Jimmy Carter-
"The era of big government is over."
-Bill Clinton-
"And in the end, it is not the years in your life
that count. It's the life in your years."
-Abraham Lincoln-
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only
to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
- John F. Kennedy-
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer
is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
-Theodore Roosevelt-
"If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I would
spend six sharpening my ax."
-Abraham Lincoln-