Can you name the U.S.Presidential Quotes?

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'We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.'
'I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.'
'The American continents...are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.'
'The business of America is business.'
'It is easier to do a job right, than to explain why you didn't.'
'May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.'
'There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.'
'If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I would resign my commission and offer my sword to the other side'
'I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way; but I am not fit to be President.'
“I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.”
'He serves his party best who serves the country best.'
'The happiness of society is the end of government.'
'I am not a crook.'
'That government is best which governs the least.'
'Speak softly and carry a big stick.'
'Mr. Gorbachev: Tear down this wall!'
'But I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.'
'Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.'
'It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.'
'I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure.'
'The existing state of the relations between the United States and Mexico renders it proper that I should bring the subject to the consideration of Congress.'
'I have already transmitted to Congress the report of the naval court of inquiry on the destruction of the battleship Maine in the harbor of Havana during the night of the fifteent
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'The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among freemen.'
'Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.'
'A house divided against itself cannot stand.'
'And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.'
“There's nothing left but to get drunk.”
'I could have destroyed Iran with my weaponry. But I felt in the process it was likely the hostages' lives would be lost.'
'To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.'
'Read my lips: no new taxes.'
'There is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America.'
'If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.'
'He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.'
'As many have remarked, I do indeed look like a president ought to look.'
'We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights.'
'I kept us out of war'
'Let me assert my firm belief, that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself!''
'If the tide of defamation and abuse shall turn, and my administration come to be praised, future Vice-Presidents who may succeed to the Presidency may feel some encouragement'
'We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.'
'An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory'
'I did not have sexual relations with that woman.'
'Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.'
'All power in human hands is liable to be abused.'
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U.S.Presidential Quotes Quiz

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  • Created Sep 3, 2011 in History
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