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What society needs is broad men sharpened to a point.


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I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens.

I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens.



Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.



The limited liability corporation is the greatest single invention of modern times.

The limited liability corporation is the greatest single invention of modern times.



Those people who think only of themselves, are hopelessly uneducated. They are not educated, no matter how instructed they may be.

Those people who think only of themselves, are hopelessly uneducated. They are not educated, no matter how instructed they may be.



Persecution on racial and religious grounds has absolutely no place in a nation given over to liberty.

Persecution on racial and religious grounds has absolutely no place in a nation given over to liberty.



The youth of today and the youth of tomorrow will be accorded an almost unequaled opportunity for great accomplishment and for human service.

The youth of today and the youth of tomorrow will be accorded an almost unequaled opportunity for great accomplishment and for human service.



Modern mathematics, that most astounding of intellectual creations, has projected the mind's eye through infinite time and the mind's hand into boundless space.

Modern mathematics, that most astounding of intellectual creations, has projected the mind's eye through infinite time and the mind's hand into boundless space.



Cherish yesterday. dream tomorrow, live like crazy today!!

Cherish yesterday. dream tomorrow, live like crazy today!!



There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can ever hope to have an education and these two things are character and good manners.

There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can ever hope to have an education and these two things are character and good manners.



Time was invented by the Almighty God in order to give ideas a chance.

Time was invented by the Almighty God in order to give ideas a chance.





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Grow old along with me--the best is yet to be,



Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is almost always profoundly isolating.

Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is almost always profoundly isolating.



Making ourselves the solution, rather than part of the problem is our greatest challenge.

Making ourselves the solution, rather than part of the problem is our greatest challenge.



Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.

Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.



As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.

As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.



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Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment.



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The one power a man has that cannot be stripped from him is the power to do nothing.



If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.

If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.




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