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Great Presidential Quotes in History

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  1. neutrino_boi

    neutrino_boi All American

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    Reagan: (1) "America is freedom -- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare." (2) "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." (3) No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth."

    Bush-41: "We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account. We must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it. What do we want the men and women who work with us to say when we are no longer there? That we were more driven to succeed than anyone around us? Or that we stopped to ask if a sick child had gotten better, and stayed a moment there to trade a word of friendship?"

    Obama: “I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I am suspicious of using government to impose anybody's religious beliefs -- including my own -- on nonbelievers.”
     
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  2. Spurffelbow833

    Spurffelbow833 GC Hall of Fame

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    Nixon didn't say that. A reporter narrating a story about Nixon said it. "The rumor that the President would veto the bill appears to have come from a high white horse souse."
     
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  3. Spurffelbow833

    Spurffelbow833 GC Hall of Fame

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    "I want that [God's name used in vain] ship going to the bottom! No help! Recall the wings!" -- Lyndon B. Johnson, when informed that the USS Liberty was under attack by Israel.
     
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    " come on Ashley honey time to take your shower with Daddy"
    Joe Biden
     
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  5. sierragator

    sierragator GC Hall of Fame

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    Got a link for that quote or did you just pull that out of your ass?
     
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  6. BigCypressGator1981

    BigCypressGator1981 GC Hall of Fame

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    'My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.'' — President Harry S. Truman
     
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  7. citygator

    citygator VIP Member

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    ”In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand still like the rock.” –Thomas Jefferson
     
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  8. QGator2414

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    Philosophy is common sense with big words.

    James Madison
     
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  9. OklahomaGator

    OklahomaGator Jedi Administrator Moderator VIP Member

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    Jefferson proposed for the Virginia Constitution of 1776, "No freeman shall ever be de-barred the use of arms."
     
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  10. slocala

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    I bet Morgan is particularly excited by this.

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  11. uftaipan

    uftaipan GC Hall of Fame

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    Actually, that’s not quite accurate. The guy who graduates second to last is certainly called doctor. But the guy who graduates last is usually called captain or lieutenant.
     
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  12. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    "My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers."

    - Jimmy Carter
     
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  13. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    "I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a Cabinet meeting."

    - Ronald Reagan
     
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  14. flgator2

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    No just very weird and sick
     
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  15. gatorchamps960608

    gatorchamps960608 GC Hall of Fame

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    Weird and sick is your choice to join a political cult headed by a guy who wears orange makeup and adult diapers.
     
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  16. flgator2

    flgator2 GC Hall of Fame

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    Nope just you
     
  17. GatorJMDZ

    GatorJMDZ gatorjack VIP Member

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    Read the stipulated definition of "sexual relations" that was approved for use in his deposition from the perspective of a male recipient of oral sex.
     
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  18. citygator

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    “The only red wave this season is going to be if our German shepherd Commander knocks over the cranberry sauce on our table,” Biden while pardoning a turkey.
     
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  19. uftaipan

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    His quotation was not from the deposition. It was a statement to the American people.

    https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Gl0UoyV66AI

    Now if as a lawyer, a lawyer’s dodge works for you, then no problem. Speaking for self, I feel his intent was to deceive because he felt no evidence — such as, say, a semen-stained dress — would ever come to light.
     
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  20. GatorJMDZ

    GatorJMDZ gatorjack VIP Member

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    I know well the sequence of events, I followed it closely. The statement to the public took place almost immediately AFTER the deposition for which there was considerable back and forth between the lawyers over the definitions of certain words and phrases, including "sexual relations."

    The "dodge" stuff is a little snarky and beneath you. Words have precise meanings in the legal system, more so when there are stipulated definitions...then they become especially precise.

    "Sexual relations" does NOT have a common meaning among people. All or nearly all would include sexual intercourse in that definition. Less would include oral sex or manual stimulation. The attorneys going after Clinton clearly could have defined "sexual relations" to include oral sex if they wanted to. Perhaps they were conservatives and not familiar with the activity.
     
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