Presidential Words and Wisdoms

By Alexander Lillaston Brown

The life-altering advice in this collection arises from some of the most powerful and influential men in world history. Though we may disagree with some, or most, of the actions that took place during these various presidencies, there is always something to be learned from the lives of others. This book is not merely an asset to find quotations, no

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexander Lillaston Brown
• Release date: Feb 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781087940915

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Preface

The life-altering advice in this collection arises from some of the most powerful and influential men in world history. Though we may disagree with some, or most, of the actions that took place during these various presidencies, there is always something to be learned from the lives of others. This book is not merely an asset to find quotations, nor solely a resource for life advice. This collection greater serves as a dedication to The Office of The President, to those who have dedicated their lives to the great nation for which it serves, and to all of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend what The United States of America represents... life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Presidential Words and Wisdoms

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981 ~ 1989)

It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained ~ James Monroe (1817 ~ 1825)

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961 ~ 1963)

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves ~ Stephen Grover Cleveland (1885~ 1889, 1893 ~ 1897)

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude ~ Thomas Jefferson (1801 ~ 1809)

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs ~ William Jefferson Clinton (1993 ~ 2001)

Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine ~ Barack Hussein Obama (2009 ~ 2017) 

Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person's own mind than on the externals in the world ~ George Washington (1789 ~ 1797)

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933 ~ 1945)

"Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea