"Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world." George Washington
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience." - George Washington
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." - George Washington
"When the government fears the People, that is Liberty. When the People fear the Government, that is tyranny." --Thomas Jefferson
"We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights...." Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
"All power in human hands is liable to be abused." - James Madison
"The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government of the next." - Abraham Lincoln
"Whatever you are, be a good one." - Abraham Lincoln
"All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people." - Garfield
"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism." Theodore Roosevelt
"Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America." - Taft
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"This generation of Americans has a rendevous with Destiny." - FDR
"I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth." - John F. Kennedy
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." --John F. Kennedy
"Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."
--John F. Kennedy
"If I could find a way to get [Saddam Hussein] out of there, even putting a contract out on him, if the CIA still did that sort of thing, assuming it ever did, I would be for it." - Richard Nixon
"The important thing was not to talk about peace, but to get peace and to get the right kind of peace. This we have done." - Nixon
""Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." - Ronald Reagan
""The best minds are not in government." - Ronald Reagan
"Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - Reagan
""Flag burning is wrong. I believe the importance of this issue compels me to call for a constitutional amendment." George H.W. Bush
"This is a fact: Strength in the pursuit of peace is no vice; isolation in the pursuit of security is no virtue." George H.W. Bush
"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." - Bill Clinton
"Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve." - George W. Bush, on the September 11th tragedy
"If we need to act, we will act. We don't need the United Nations' approval." - George W. Bush
"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country." - George W. Bush
"We will not waver, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail." - George W. Bush
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