Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [461-480] of 579 President quotesPresident QuotesPresident Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes One definition of an economist is somebody who sees something happen in practice and wonders if it will work in theory.~ Ronald Reagan The dirty little secret is that both houses of Congress are irrelevant. ... America's domestic policy is now being run by Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve, and America's foreign policy is now being run by the International Monetary Fund [IMF]. ...when the president decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from Congress.~ Robert Reich If something is wrong for you or me, it is also wrong for the cop, the soldier, the mayor, the governor, the general, the Fed chairman, the president. Theft does not become acceptable when they call it taxation, counterfeiting when they call it monetary policy, kidnapping when they call it the draft, mass murder when they call it foreign policy. We understand that it is never acceptable to wield violence nor the threat of violence against the innocent, whether by the mugger or the politician.~ Lew Rockwell A foreigner coming here and reading the Congressional Record would say that the President of the United States was elected solely for the purpose of giving Senators somebody to call a horse thief.~ Will Rogers Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.~ Will Rogers It is not that you set the individual apart from society but that you recognize in any society that the individual must have rights that are guarded.~ Eleanor Roosevelt 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.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt The saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities -- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt We all know that books will burn -- yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory...~ Franklin D. Roosevelt The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson. History depicts Andrew Jackson as the last truly honorable and incorruptible American president.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Knowledge -- that is, education in its true sense -- is our best protection against unreasoning prejudice and panic-making fear, whether engendered by special interest, illiberal minorities, or panic-stricken leaders.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happened, you can bet it was planned that way.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such wisdom as God gives mankind -- men and women who are just, and understanding, and generous to others -- men and women who are capable of disciplining themselves. For they are the rulers and they must rule themselves.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands, they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance, we must provide a safe place for their perception.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt I am much interested and deeply impressed by what he has accomplished and by his evidenced honest purpose of restoring Italy and seeking to prevent general European trouble.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.~ Theodore Roosevelt No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.~ Theodore Roosevelt Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print