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[Aug. 3rd, 2009|05:33 pm] |
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In the early morning hours of this day in 1923, I was sworn in as the 30th President of the United States by my father who was a local justice of the peace. Then I went back to bed. |
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[Jul. 4th, 2008|11:42 am] |
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Happy birthday to the United States. And happy birthday to me. |
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[Jun. 2nd, 2006|08:36 pm] |
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I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say. |
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[Sep. 17th, 2005|10:48 am] |
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Remember kids: believe in yourself, eat all your school, stay in milk, drink your teeth, don't do sleep, get eight hours of drugs, and you'll do just fine in life. |
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[Aug. 26th, 2005|06:07 pm] |
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. |
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[Jul. 4th, 2005|09:18 am] |
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. |
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[Apr. 13th, 2005|10:05 pm] |
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. |
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[Apr. 9th, 2005|10:17 am] |
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No man was ever meanly born. About his cradle is the wondrous miracle of life. He may descend into the depths, he may live in infamy and perish miserably, but he is born great. Men build monuments above the graves of their heroes to mark the end of a great life, but women seek out the birthplace and build their shrine, not where a great life had its end but where it had its beginning, seeking with a truer instinct not the common source of things in that which is gone forever but in that which they know will again be manifest. Life may depart, but the source of life is constant. |
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[Jan. 30th, 2004|03:03 pm] |
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge; it is always simple and direct. |
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[Jan. 14th, 2004|09:51 am] |
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I'm pleased that my reputation for silence has remained untarnished for the past seventy-ought years. However, I want you to know that "Silent Cal" was a persona I created and strictly adhered to for my public life. When I let my guard down, as Grace or any number of select reporters can tell you, I could talk for hours on end about everything from fishing to cigar-smoking. I was the first president to hold his own press conferences you know. |
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[Nov. 26th, 2003|04:10 pm] |
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Measured by the standards of men of their time, ... [the Pilgrims] were the humble of the earth. Measured by later accomplishments, they were the mighty. In appearance weak and persecuted they came -- rejected, despised -- an insignificant band; in reality strong and independent, a mighty host of whom the world was not worthy, destined to free mankind. |
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[Nov. 19th, 2003|05:31 pm] |
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I've been out of the political scene for a few decades. Can someone please tell me where the Constitution promises free drugs for seniors who didn't think to save for their retirement? |
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[Nov. 10th, 2003|10:36 am] |
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. |
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[Nov. 7th, 2003|10:09 pm] |
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I was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. I have a reputation for being silent. I also have many words of wisdom that the leaders of today should follow. Such as "The business of America is business." It's a crying shame that Vermont is now the home of socialists like Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean. |
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