Quotations on Dictatorship

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“Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.”

Mario Vargas Llosa

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“Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited.”

John F. Kennedy

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“Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.”

Jorge Luis Borges

Quotations On Presidential Responsibility

In any time of crisis, the United States looks to its President for true leadership, for someone who can guide and understand the magnitude of the times, for someone who can also accept responsibility.

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“The Buck Stops Here!” (from desk sign)

Harry S. Truman

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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Abraham Lincoln

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“Let us not seek the Republican answer, or the Democratic answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”

John F. Kennedy

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“Power always brings with it responsibility.”

Teddy Roosevelt

Sometimes, leaders do not rise to the necessary levels during such times of need.

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“I don’t take responsibility at all.”

Donald Trump

Presidential Quotations On Leadership

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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Abraham Lincoln

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“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”

John F. Kennedy

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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Barack Obama

Quotations on Book Banning and Burning

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(Moritz Daniel Oppenheim)

“Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people”

Heinrich Heine

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“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”

Salman Rushdie

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“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.”

John F. Kennedy

“Now is the time to speak. Now is the time for your words to be read and to be heard. I say to all writers: do not censor yourselves, and let your voices ring out into the world.”

Charles F. French

Quotations on Ideas

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“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.”

John F. Kennedy

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“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.”

Victor Hugo

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“One idea lights a thousand candles.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quotations on Tyrants

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“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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“Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!”

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“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”

John F. Kennedy

Presidential Quotations on Power and Moral Responsibility

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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Abraham Lincoln

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“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”

John F. Kennedy,

based on Dante,

Inferno

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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Barack Obama

Presidential Quotations

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“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”

George Washington

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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”

Theodore Roosevelt

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“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

John F. Kennedy

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“Hope is not blind optimism. It’s not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It’s not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and to fight for it. Hope is the belief that destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by the men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.”

Barack Obama

Quotations on Service to Others

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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”

Barack Obama

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“Life is for service.”

Fred Rogers

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“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

John F. Kennedy

Quotations on Gratitude

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“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

Marcel Proust

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“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”

Maya Angelou

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“Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.”

Mario Vargas Llosa

“Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited.”

John F. Kennedy

“Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.”

Jorge Luis Borges

In any time of crisis, the United States looks to its President for true leadership, for someone who can guide and understand the magnitude of the times, for someone who can also accept responsibility.

“The Buck Stops Here!” (from desk sign)

Harry S. Truman

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Let us not seek the Republican answer, or the Democratic answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”

John F. Kennedy

“Power always brings with it responsibility.”

Teddy Roosevelt

Sometimes, leaders do not rise to the necessary levels during such times of need.

“I don’t take responsibility at all.”

Donald Trump

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Abraham Lincoln

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”

John F. Kennedy

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Barack Obama

“Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people”

Heinrich Heine

“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”

Salman Rushdie

John F. Kennedy

“Now is the time to speak. Now is the time for your words to be read and to be heard. I say to all writers: do not censor yourselves, and let your voices ring out into the world.”

Charles F. French

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.”

John F. Kennedy

“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.”

Victor Hugo

“One idea lights a thousand candles.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!”

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“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”

John F. Kennedy

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Abraham Lincoln

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”

John F. Kennedy,

based on Dante,

Inferno

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Barack Obama

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”

George Washington

Theodore Roosevelt

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

John F. Kennedy

Barack Obama

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”

Barack Obama

“Life is for service.”

Fred Rogers

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

John F. Kennedy

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

Marcel Proust

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”

Maya Angelou

“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”

John F. Kennedy