"One man with courage is a majority"
~~Thomas Jefferson
"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted"
~~James Madison
"A decent and manly examination of the acts of the Government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged"
~~William Henry Harrison
"It is not strange... to mistake change for progress"
~~Millard Filmore
"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
"The business of America is business"
~~Calvin Coolidge
"We need not fear the expression of ideas-we do need to fear their suppression"
~~Harry S. Truman
"We...declared our independence 200 years ago and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers"
~~Gerald R. Ford
"We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth"
~~Ronald Reagan
"How wonderful for governments that the people they administer do not think"
~~Adolph Hitler
"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived"
~~Niccolo Machiavelli
Stay safe.
That is an excellent collection of quotes - thank you.
ReplyDeleteFor all that Teddy R. was a proto-Progressive, he did make a lot of sense.
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ReplyDeleteYou summed up some succinct ones. Thank you.
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