#presidents

When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie. ↗

— Robert Higgs

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My friends... ↗

— John McCain

#funny #government #presidents #speech #funny

I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine. (12 May 1780) ↗

— John Adams

#first-amendment #politics #presidents #scholorship #architecture

Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#america #any #assume #because #current

What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#barack #barack obama #bringing #collective #committee

I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process. ↗

— Donald Trump

#demeanor #great #had #i #i think

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are? ↗

— Sarah Vowell

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I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#interpretations #only #play #presidents #projects

I head a nation of a million presidents. ↗

— Chaim Weizmann

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