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QUOTES ~ STATES PEOPLE

"For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."

John F. Kennedy

35th U.S. President (1961 - 1963)

"Interesting occupations are essential to happiness: indeed the whole art of being happy consists in the art of finding employment."

Thomas Jefferson

3rd U.S. President (1801 - 1809)

"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist."

Queen Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom and 

Great Britain and Ireland (1837 - 1901)

"Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to preserve it."

John Adams

2nd U.S. President (1797 - 1801)

"My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police."

Margaret Thatcher

U.K. Prime Minister (1979 - 1990)

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Theodore Roosevelt

26h U.S. President (1901 - 1909)

"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph."

George Washington

1st U.S. President (1789 - 1797)

"Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people."

William J. Clinton

42nd U.S. President (1993 - 2001)

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

26th U.S. President (1901 - 1909)

"Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who make excuses."

George Washington

1st U.S. President (1789 - 1797)

"There are two kinds of people: those that do the work and those that take credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

Indira Gandhi

Prime Minister of India

(1966 - 1977) and (1980 - 1984)

"I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else."

Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. President (1861 - 1865)

“The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital...the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.” 

John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. President (1961 - 1963) 

"In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope."

Ronald W. Reagan

40th U.S. President (1981 - 1989)

"The problem with obtaining quotes from the Internet is that you never know if they are genuine."

Ulysses S. Grant

18th U.S. President (1869 - 1877)

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