W's Thoughts on Graduation

"To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States." -- George W. Bush

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President Obama on Remaking America

"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America." -- Barack H. Obama, 44th President of the United States, in his 2009 inauguration speech.

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LBJ on Media Accuracy

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read 'President Can't Swim'." -- Lyndon B. Johnson

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The Podfather on Podcasting

"Podcasting has been legitimized by an unyielding grass-roots community and now the business of podcasting enjoys the endorsement of leading media companies, marketers and venture investors." -- "Podfather" Adam Curry, PodShow co-founder and President, via PodShow, Inc. press release, as reported in Yahoo! Finance

An Unlikely Friendship

"I'm enjoying the relationship and to be honest with you I didn't think I would." -- George H.W. Bush, former President, on his unlikely friendship with former President Bill Clinton, quoted in the New York Daily News

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President Bush on Johnny Carson's Death

"Laura and I are saddened by the death of Johnny Carson. Born in Iowa and raised in Nebraska, Johnny Carson was a steady and reassuring presence in homes across America for three decades. His wit and insight made Americans laugh and think and had a profound influence on American life and entertainment. He was a patriot who served in the United States Navy during World War II and always remembered his roots in the heartland of America. We send our prayers and condolences to the entire Carson family." -- President George W. Bush

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Criticizing the President

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Teddy Roosevelt, found on Maglia!

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"Health care decisions ought to be between doctors and patients, not by officials in Washington." -- President George W. Bush
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"His new camo jacket is an October disguise." -- Dick Cheney, Vice President, about Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry
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"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -- Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, sixteenth president of the United States

FDR on Individual Freedom

"Our Government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free. That civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against the abuse of freedom." — Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Gerald Ford on Balance in the Government

"We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government—a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance." — Gerald R. Ford

Teddy Roosevelt on Conscience

"It is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another’s keeping." — Theodore Roosevelt

JFK on Political Responsibility

"We must place first the responsibility we owe not to our party or even to our constituents but to our individual consciences." -- John F. Kennedy

Lincoln on Individual Pursuits

"I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far as it in no wise interferes with any other man’s rights." -- Abraham Lincoln

"The Great Society . . . is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods." -- Lyndon B. Johnson

"As a Christian and as a president who was severely provoked by international crises, I became thoroughly familiar with the principles of a just war, and it is clear that a substantially unilateral attack on Iraq does not meet these standards." -- Jimmy Carter, Joker in NewsMax.com's Deck of Weasels

"The next president will need to undo the work of this band of radicals currently controlling our foreign policy -- who view the Middle East as a laboratory for their experiments in democracy-building, where no such traditions exist." -- Howard Dean, 2 of Diamonds in NewsMax.com's Deck of Weasels

"I despise him [President Bush]... It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It's humiliating." -- Jessica Lange, 2 of Hearts in NewsMax.com's Deck of Weasels

"The president has demonstrated his resolve to go to war, but has provided no reason to do at this time, and no reason why war is the only answer." -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, 4 of Diamonds in NewsMax.com's Deck of Weasels