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" A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment. "

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" 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. "

" Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. "

" A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. "

" The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. "

" You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Being too good is apt to be uninteresting. "

" You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. "

" A President cannot always be popular. "

" 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. "

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

" When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril. "

" I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America! "

" All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. "

" Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible. "

" Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. "

" The buck stops here! "

" Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. "

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

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

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