"Washington's appointments, when president, were made with a view to gather all the talent of the country in support of the national government; & he bore many things which were personally disagreeable in an endeavor to do this...!!!
Arthur: Paul Leicester Ford...!!!
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"No other people have a government more worthy of their respect & love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, & so full of generous suggestion to enterprise & labor...!!!"
Arthur: Benjamin Harrison...!!!
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"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter...!!!"
Arthur: George Washington...!!!
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"I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they’re the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights...!!!"
Arthur: Warren G-Harding...!!!
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"I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, & maybe I couldn't read it if I found it...!!!"
Arthur: Warren G. Harding...!!!"
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"In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity & diligence...!!!"
Arthur: George Washington...!!!
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"Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, & the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church & state forever separate...!!!"
Arthur: Ulysses S-Grant...!!!
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"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, & thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine...!!!"
Arthur: Thomas Jefferson...!!!
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"There r no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect...!!!"
Arthur: Ronald Reagan...!!!
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"The public history of all countries, & all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul...!!!"
Arthur: John Quincy Adams...!!!
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"Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard & compelled to sink or swim...!!!"
Arthur: James A-Garfield...!!!
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"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom & that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day...!!!"
Arthur: Abraham Lincoln...!!!
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