“Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.”
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“No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.”
“I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.”
“I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.”
“Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.”
“The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.”
“I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally.”
“The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.”
“History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.”
“Time is my greatest enemy.”
“History is a vision of God's creation on the move.”
“September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.”
“All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war they make it tour the world.”
“The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.”
“Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.”
“Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.”
“One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.”
“Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.”
“The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision.”
“I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.”
“Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.”
“Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.”
“You have to look at history as an evolution of society.”
“Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.”