CARD 18 - List of Presidents
Quotes
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."
--George Washington
"It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens."
--Grover Cleveland
"The power to tax is the power to destroy. A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny."
--Calvin Coolidge
"Some people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know am an American. America is the only idealist nation in the world."
--Woodrow Wilson
"No government is ever perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected."
--Harry Truman
"If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world."
--Richard Nixon
"The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it."
--Ronald Reagan
