If you are as happy my dear sir on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home you are the happiest man in this country.
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George Buchanan
I would rather be right than President.
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Henry Clay
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.
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Thomas Jefferson
If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years I would say the penitentiary thank you.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
They pick a President and then for four years they pick on him.
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Adlai Stevenson
More Quotes By Adlai Stevenson
But the Wisconsin tradition meant more than a simple belief in the people. It also meant a faith in the application of intelligence and reason to the problems of society. It meant a deep conviction that the role of government was not to stumble along...
We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give...
I remember my father telling me the story of the preacher delivering an exhortation to his flock and as he reached the climax of his exhortation a man in the front row got up and said 'O Lord use me. Use me O Lord -...
No gains without pains.
Let's talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth that there are no gains without pains.
