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" A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. "

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" I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here. "

" Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. "

" When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency. "

" If you can't convince them, confuse them. "

" The White House is the finest prison in the world. "

" Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. "

" In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. "

" If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again. "

" Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in. "

" I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. "

" All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. "

" It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. "

" This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come. "

" A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. "

" You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on. "

" Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. "

" We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries. "

" I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases. "

" Being too good is apt to be uninteresting. "

" Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend. "

" The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything. "

" Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. "

" When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. "

" Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. "

" Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place. "

" It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work. "

" I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount. "

" If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. "

" It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. "