24th to 19th Presidents of the United States

• When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government.

• A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

• The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard.

• Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

• Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.

• I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.

• I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

• Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification. They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed.

It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...

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