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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Battle Indispensable Always Planning Plans Useless Preparing Found
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government Freedom People Liberty Strong Control Enough Only Maintain Over Protect Well Well Enough Sure Continuing Bulwark Sovereign Informed Interests
The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election. Gerald R. Ford
Watergate Political Election Organization Party Arrogant National Lesson Guard Must Adolescent Allow Never Terms Dictate America Again Regular Elite
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. John F. Kennedy
Education Truth Knowledge Advancement Goal
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. Theodore Roosevelt
Courage Gentleman Mark Courtesy Much
The government is us; we are the government, you and I. Theodore Roosevelt
Government You Us
Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. We will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God. Franklin D. Roosevelt
War God Will Inevitable Yesterday Live Air Seventh States Triumph Deliberately Date Attacked Empire Forces Infamy America December Gain Which Japan Us Help Naval Suddenly United United States United States Of America
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. George Washington
Time Men Free Must Determine Free Men Hand American Whether Which Near Slaves
If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour? Thomas Jefferson
People Too Much Nothing Congress Too Otherwise Everything Hundred Lawyers Hour Talk Talking Trade How Question Yield Send Which Much Fifty Body Whose Present
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. Thomas Jefferson
Government Valuable Wish Alive Spirit Occasions Always Certain Resistance Kept
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. Thomas Jefferson
God Fear Every Approve Tribunal Must More Fact He Firmly Call Because Opinion Existence Question Than Fix Homage Reason Even Boldness Seat Her
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. Abraham Lincoln
Big Too Give Take Noble Offense Should
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Calvin Coolidge
Strength Strong Build Down Weak Up Expect Pulling
We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. Richard M. Nixon
Words Speak Enough Our We Cannot Voices Until Well Learn Another Heard Quietly Stop Cannot Shouting
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. Theodore Roosevelt
Education Man School Car Gone Steal Never He Freight May Who Whole Railroad University
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. Theodore Roosevelt
Dreams Time You Old Young Live Thirty Only Only Time Wits Five Sixty Senses Middle-Aged Regrets Really Fully Servants Keeping Slaves
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. Ulysses S. Grant
War Moving On Art You Enemy Simple Keep Moving Enough Strike Out Find Soon Him Art Of War Get Where Moving Your Hard Keep
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. Harry S Truman
Opportunities Pessimist Difficulties Makes His Optimist Who
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. Herbert Hoover
Government People Honor Morals Poisoned Lack Whole
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality. John F. Kennedy
Man Consequences Dangers Pressures Must Morality Spite He Obstacles Does Personal Human Basis
What Washington needs is adult supervision. Barack Obama
Needs Supervision Adult Washington
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. Dwight D. Eisenhower
You Field Corn Pencil Plow Thousand Thousand Miles Easy Looks Mighty Your Miles Farming
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Politics Good Rights People Citizen Free National Every Heritage Ought Our Would Free People Part-Time Protect Privileges Fruitful Who Profession Preserve
I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center. Dwight D. Eisenhower
People Despise Those Hurl Gutter Go Rocks Left Center Either Who Right
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries. James Madison
Soil Church Separation State Strife Church And State Purpose Ceaseless Blood Forever Shores Centuries Europe Keep
America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. James Madison
Immigration Prosperity Agriculture Settlement Indebted Rapidly Had Part Advanced Most Encouraged America Arts Which Them Population Her
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