!annot li"e #ithout $oo%s& 'Thomas Jefferson made this
statement in
()(5 to literally *oint out #hat a $ig *art of his life $oo%s
#ere+ orethan -,000 $oo%s from his *ersonal li$rary are still a
*art of the .i$raryof /ongress+
1e hold these truths to $e selfe"ident3 that all men are
!reated
e4ual& 'Thomas Jefferson #rote this in the first t#o
senten!es of thee!laration of nde*enden!e+
He #ho *ermits himself to tell a lie on!e, finds it mu!h easier
to do it a
se!ond and third time, till at length it $e!omes ha$itual+&
' 1ords of#isdom to li"e $y as #ritten in a letter to Peter /arr in
(6)5 $y ThomasJefferson+
A$raham .in!oln
The $allot is stronger than the $ullet+& 'Part of .in!oln7s
()58 s*ee!h
#here he tal%s a$out the *o#er of the Ameri!an *eo*les right to
"ote+
9ello# !itiens, #e !an not es!a*e history+& ';i"en $y
.in!oln in his
8/11/2019 Hastons Presidential Quotes Report
2/2
John 9+ Cennedy
/hange is the la# of life+ And those #ho loo% only to the *ast
or *resent
are !ertain to miss the future+& 'Cennedy is tal%ing a$out
ho# im*ortant it
is that #e loo% ahead as a *eo*le to !ontinue to ma%e ne#
inno"ationsand !reate a $etter en"ironment to li"e in+
As% not #hat your !ountry !an do for you3 as% #hat you !an do
for your
!ountry+& ' 9rom Cennedy7s famous Janurary (@8( naugural
address, heis !hallenging the nation to ado*t his le"el of national
!ommitment to ma%e
Ameri!a a greater !ountry+
James adison
All *o#er in human hands is lia$le to $e a$used+& 'adison
is
!ommenting on ho# easily *o#er !an $e a$used $y any human
$e!ause
humans are intrinsi!ally #ea%+ go on the *rin!i*le that a *u$li!
de$t is a *u$li! !urse+? ' adison is
referring to #hat he sees as the *itfall of allo#ing Ameri!a to
go into anational de$t and ho# it unduly $urdens so!iety+
