Quotes on Presidential

There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war.

...the exchange of students...should be vastly expanded...Information and education are powerful forces in support of peace. Just as war begins in the minds of men, so does peace.

'The green beret' is again becoming a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom. I know the United States Army will live up to its reputation for imagination, resourcefulness, and spirit as we meet this challenge.

If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.

Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

We have the most religious freedom of any country in the world, including the freedom not to believe.

In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

We asked for God's help; and now, in this shining outcome, in this magnificent triumph of good over evil, we should thank God.

International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all differences, but they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to peace as surely as water wears away a hard stone.

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.

Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and her future are bound up with the United States.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."

Our forms of government - though both cast in the democratic pattern - are greatly different. Indeed, sometimes it appears that many of our misunderstandings spring from an imperfect knowledge on the part of both of us of the dissimilarities in our forms of government.

By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.