Presidential Quotes
Inspiration from Presidents
​"All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort--a sustained effort--to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings." Barack Obama
"We become not a melting pot, but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." Jimmy Carter
"If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace." Harry S. Truman
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"I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest." Abraham Lincoln
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights." Ronald Reagan
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"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." Dwight D. Eisenhower
"If the problem is fear, the answer is knowledge." Joe Biden
Sources: https://www.today.com/life/quotes/presidential-quotes-rcna136856;
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Then There Is Donald Trump
On the late Sen. John McCain, a POW.”He's not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured.” https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/politics/donald-trump-john-mccain-dead/index.html
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“When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best. They're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists and some, I assume, are good people, but I speak to border guards and they're telling us what we're getting.” https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/donald-trump-quotes
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Trump's response to George Floyd protests: "[They would be] greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen." https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/trump-says-protesters-would-have-met-vicious-dogs-if-white-house-fence-breache-idUSKBN2360LI/
"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”11/6/2012 Tweet) / https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51213003
"Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest--and you all know it! Please don't feel so stupid or insecure, it's not your fault.” https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-16/president-trump-twitter-apologize-sorry
“I've said that if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I would be dating her.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/wild-donald-trump-quotes/2/
”If we don't win, you know, it depends," Trump said of the possibility of violence following the presidential election. https://www.axios.com/2024/04/30/donald-trump-time-magazine-interview-news
"Women have one of the great acts of all time...I have seen women manipulate men with just a twitch of their eye -- or perhaps another body part.” In "Trump: The Art of the Comeback"
"I will absolutely apologize, sometime in the hopefully distant future, if I am ever wrong.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/sep/12/trump-fallon-video-tonight-show-apologise
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"If I happen to be president and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say go down and indict them, mostly they would be out of business. They’d be out. They’d be out of the election." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/27/worst-things-that-trump-has-said
Trump once “tested very positively” on a COVID test. “In another sense, I tested positively toward negative, right? So no. I tested perfectly this morning, meaning I tested negative. But that's a way of saying it. Positively toward the negative.” https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/donald-trump-quotes
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​​When asked about COVID, Trump replied, "No. Not at all. We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine." https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/donald-trump-quotes​ ​​
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Feeling a little icky after reading Trump quotes. Think I'll take a break and read the Constitution.