Memorable Famous Quotes By Presidents

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"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
Ronald Reagan
"The hardest thing about leadership is not letting people down."
Vince Lombardi
"We shall not surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island should last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour."
Winston Churchill
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
James Baldwin
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
Theodore Roosevelt
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
Vince Lombardi
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"The time is always right to do what is right."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."
Ronald Reagan
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader."
John Quincy Adams
"I’m not sure how all of this will turn out, but I do know that the American people are better than we are as a nation."
George W. Bush
"There's nothing to fear but fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."
Elmer Davis
"Well, I think we want to be a country that rallies around those principles and values that we have long had."
Barack Obama
"Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today."
Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
Mahatma Gandhi
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Nathan Hale
"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."
Bill Clinton
"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
Abraham Lincoln
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"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."
Jimmy Carter
"The principle of spending money to be paid back is a terrible principle."
Thomas Jefferson
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Benjamin Franklin
"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile."
Ronald Reagan
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
Abraham Lincoln
"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph."
George Washington
"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."
John F. Kennedy
"A government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."
Abraham Lincoln
"To be optimistic is to be misinformed."
Lyndon B. Johnson
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."
Leonardo da Vinci
"The principle of spending money to be paid back later, is a great innovation."
Richard Nixon
"Let us never forget that our primary purpose is to make America a better place to live, work and play."
George H. W. Bush
"We are the change we have been waiting for."
Barack Obama
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"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
John F. Kennedy
"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice."
Mahatma Gandhi
"The future is not a gift. It is an achievement."
Harry S. Truman
"It's your job to speak for the people who can't speak for themselves."
Jimmy Carter
"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"No one has been able to dominate the world since the Romans, but it can be led to great heights."
Bill Clinton
"I can’t help but feel that it’s a great honor to be the President of a country that has such an esteemed past and an even greater future."
Ronald Reagan
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
Winston S. Churchill
"Let us approach our work with the spirit of cooperation that is essential to achieving our common goals."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer."
John F. Kennedy
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
"Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy
"Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."
Ronald Reagan
"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses."
Abraham Lincoln
"Your reputation is more important than your paycheck."
John F. Kennedy
"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
George Washington
"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."
Nelson Mandela
"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it."
Barack Obama
"It's time to lift our nation and all of our people up."
Bill Clinton
"What counts in politics is not the right doctrine but the right tone."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The chief function of the government is to keep the peace and stand out of the people's business."
Ronald Reagan
"To be good, and to do good, is all we have to think about."
George Washington
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society."
Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to solve problem is to plan for it."
Theodore Roosevelt
"I do not wish to be the mere figurehead of this administration. I want to be its main driving force."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government."
George Washington
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"In the end, it’s 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 present are certain to miss the future."
John F. Kennedy
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
George Washington
"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Abraham Lincoln
"To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble."
Mark Twain
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
John Quincy Adams
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Abraham Lincoln
"We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end."
Woodrow Wilson
"The difficile, or difficult, is not going to be easy, but it must be done if we are to survive."
Harry S. Truman
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Theodore Roosevelt
"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."
T.S. Eliot
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education."
John F. Kennedy
"There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder."
Ronald Reagan
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
Abraham Lincoln
"Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage."
Theodore Roosevelt
"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
"It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
Epictetus
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
George Washington
"The best way out is always through."
Robert Frost
"To those who would tear the world down, we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security, we support you."
George W. Bush
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."
Mahatma Gandhi
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