“When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.”
~ Andrew Johnson

“Patriotism is like charity — it begins at home. ”
~ James Henry

“National honor is national property of the highest value.”
~ James Monroe

“What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom “to” and freedom “from.”
~ Marilyn vos Savant

“We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others. ”
~ John F Kennedy

“May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country! ”
~ Daniel Webster

“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured”
~Bill Clinton

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
~ Benjamin Franklin

“A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.”
~ George Santayana

“Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.”
~ Seneca

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. ”
~Abraham Lincoln

One good 4th of july patriotic saying:
“They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. ”
~Benjamin Franklin

“Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments”
~ Andrew Jackson, 7th US President (1767-1845)

“We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.”
~ Hubert H. Humphrey

And lastly,

That’s why I stand here tonight. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and women – students and soldiers, farmers and teachers, nurses and janitors — found the courage to keep it alive.
~ You all know who Big O

Hope you like our 4th of July quotes

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“The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.”

“Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.”

“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”

“When you appeal to force, there’s one thing you must never do – lose.”

“If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.”

“How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?”

“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.”

“I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.”

“In the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so heavy as a prisoner’s chains.”

“Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.”

“Pessimism never won any battle.”

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1) “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. ”

2) “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

3) “A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. ”

4) ” ‘Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.”

5) “A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. ”

6) “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.”

7) “A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. ”
“There is no such thing as a good war and there is no such thing as a bad peace.”

9) “A penny saved is a penny earned. ”

10) “You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?”

11) “A place for everything, everything in its place. ”

12) “I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong”

13) “A small leak can sink a great ship.”

14) Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

15) “He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed?€

16) “Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. “

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If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ~James MadisonWe cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. ~Calvin Coolidge

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal. ~Abraham Lincoln

Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. ~Abraham Lincoln

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. ~Abraham Lincoln

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it. ~Abraham LincolnIt is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. ~Harry S. TrumanI couldn’t help but say to Mr. Gorbachev, just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet.  We’d find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together. ~Ronald Reagan

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ~William J. Clinton

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. ~George WashingtonI’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ~Thomas Jefferson

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America. ~Jimmy CarterA people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower,

We are inclined that if we watch a football game or baseball game, we have taken part in it. ~John F. Kennedy, 1961

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. ~Herbert Hoover

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. ~Theodore Roosevelt

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. ~Woodrow Wilson

Freedom is not enough. ~Lyndon B. JohnsonIf one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: “President Can’t Swim.” ~Lyndon B. Johnson

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“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”

“Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence.”

“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”

“An army marches on its stomach.” This saying by Napolean tells us how astute a GENERAL he was and why he won all those wars. His insights into the workings of war was awesome.

“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.” And of course he was a hopeless Romantic.

“Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.”

“England is a nation of shopkeepers.” He of course never foresaw that those shopkeepers will mostly be Indians, and chinese.

“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” How True.

or :”What is history but a fable agreed upon?”

“Female virtue has been held in suspicion from the beginning of the world, and ever will be.”

“War is the business of barbarians.” But then, wars have been fought and wars will be fought.

He had some distasteful sayings like ,”Women are nothing but machines for producing children.”

But he still was a romantic, “I must see her and press her to my heart. I love her to the point of madness, and I cannot continue to be separated from her. If she no longer loved me, I would have nothing left to do on earth.”
And what is a collection of Napolean Quotes if we don’t have the famous, ” The word impossible is not in my dictionary.”

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That, “all men are created equal” is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world, if I can help save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot, than surrender it.
“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”

Abraham Lincoln on Ambition, “You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.”

And this failure quote by lincoln is very inspirational… “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” And great Men aren’t content even with their success!

“I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.”

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” Oh yes, it is to our mother that we all should owe whatever we are.. So true, the hand that rocks the cradle

“Excellence in any undertaking can be found in details that most people barely notice, but those who know know.” do give attention to the details.

“I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.”

“I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.”

“Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”

“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.”

Abraham Lincoln Quote on winning and success “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”

“If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.”

Abraham Lincoln Quote on capitalists, “These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people”

Abraham Lincoln Quote on unity “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” As Nathan Pointed out, this was picked up by Lincoln from our holiness Jesus Christ.

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“I don’t think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times. ”

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

“We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.”

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. ”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. ”

“When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we’d been saying they were.”

“So, let us not be blind to our differences – but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.”

“When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we’d been saying they were.”

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. ”

“Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life. ”

“The United States has to move very fast to even stand still. “

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“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”

“I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery. ”

“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ”

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!”

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. ”

Quotes by JOHN ADAMS

“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”

“The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.”

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”

“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
John Adams”

The people “have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge– I mean of the character and conduct of their rulers.”

Quotes by DWIGHT EISENHOWER

?€œMotivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.?€

?€œIn preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.?€

“A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.”

“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.”

?€œYou don’t lead by hitting people over the head-that’s assault, not leadership.?€

?€œDollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power?€

“Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God. ”

?€œI like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.?€

?€œThere is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs?€

?€œWhat counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog?€

The qualities of a great man are “vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.”

Quotes by CALVIN COOLIDGE

“Character is the only secure foundation of the state.”

“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”

“Duty is not collective; it is personal.”

“Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.”

“Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still. ”

Quotes by LYNDON JOHNSON

“The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.”

?€œPeace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.?€

?€œDoing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.?€

?€œI never trust a man unless I’ve got his pecker in my pocket.

?€œWhile you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.?€
“Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.”

“Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.”

“Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.”

“Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.”

“Every President wants to do right.”

“Freedom is not enough. ”

Quotes by WOODROW WILSON

“If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.”

“Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.”

“Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.”

Quotes by THEODORE ROOSEVELT

“Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace or creed or line of descent.”

“Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense.”… “We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.”"The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.”

“A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.”

“A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. ”

Quotes by JAMES MADISON

“Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.”

“Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.”

“Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.”

“Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.”

Quotes by ABRAHAM LINCOLN

“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.:

“I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside me.”

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

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

“A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.”

“All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother. ”

Quotes by RONALD REAGAN

“Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.”

“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”

“Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. ”

“All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.”

“Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let’s not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.”

“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”

“Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

“You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jelly beans.”

Quotes by JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

“This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to the station in which I am placed.”

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

?€œPatience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.?€

“Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.”

“Patience and perseverance have a magical affect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ”

Quotes by RICHARD NIXON

The most famous Richard M. Nixon quote :I am not a crook.:

And ?€œWell, I screwed it up real good, didn’t I??€

“With all the power that a President has, the most important thing to bear in mind is this: You must not give power to a man unless, above everything else, he has character. Character is the most important qualification the President of the United States can have.”

?€œWhen the winds blow and the rains fall and the sun shines through the clouds he still resolves as he did then, that nothing so fine ever happened to him or anyone else as falling in love with Thee-my dearest heart.?€

“Don’t try to take on a new personality; it doesn’t work.?€

“Castro couldn’t even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.”

“Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think”.

“A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.”

“Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.”

“Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.”

“I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited from public service. I’ve earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I’ve earned everything I’ve got.”
“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.”

“I believe in the battle-whether it’s the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle. “

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