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Presidential Quotes

from Remember the Presidents by Janine Cooper Ayres

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This was quite a feat, compiling short, concise, powerful quotes from each of the presidents, then finding friends and relatives to do the voice of the presidents, and then composing the music to accompany it.

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George Washington – To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
John Adams – May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.
Thomas Jefferson – Rebellion against tyranny is obedience to God.
James Madison – All power in human hands is liable to be abused.
James Monroe – National honor is a National property of the highest value.
John Q. Adams – May our country be always successful or otherwise, always right.
Andrew Jackson – The right of resisting oppression is a natural right.
Martin Van Buren – It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.
William H. Harrison – I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.
John Tyler – Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.
James K. Polk – The presidency is no bed of roses.
Zachary Taylor – It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.
Millard Fillmore – An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.
Franklin Pierce – The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the constitution.
James Buchanan – There is nothing stable but heaven and the constitution.
Abraham Lincoln – If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.
Andrew Johnson – The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
Ulysses S. Grant – I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
Rutherford Hayes – He serves his party best – who serves his country best.
James A. Garfield – I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.
Chester Arthur – Men my die, but the fabrics of our free institutions remain unshaken.
Glover Cleveland – It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government, not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.

Benjamin Harrison – We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
William McKinley – In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
Theodore Roosevelt – The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing.
William H. Taft – Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution.
Woodrow Wilson – If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Warren Harding – Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of our Government and at the same to do for it too little.
Calvin Coolidge – Character is the only secure foundation of the state.
Herbert Hoover – Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Harry S. Truman – we need not fear the expression of ideas – we do need to fear their suppression.
Dwight D. Eisenhower – America is best described by one word, “Freedom”.
John F. Kennedy – Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Lyndon B. Johnson – A president’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
Richard M. Nixon – Shall we surrender to our surroundings or shall we make peace with nature?
Gerald R. Ford – Truth is the glue that holds governments together.
James E. Carter – We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
Ronald Reagan – America is too great for small dreams.
George H. Bush – The United States is the best and fairest and most decent nation on the face of the earth.
William Clinton – If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes, but if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person.
George W. Bush – Recognizing and confronting history is important. Transcending our history is essential.
Barack Obama - There's not a liberal America and a Conservative America, there's the United States of America.

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from Remember the Presidents, released April 9, 2016
Lyrics and music written by Janine Cooper Ayres. Performed and produced by Janine Cooper Ayres

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Hi there. My name is Janine and I am an L.A. based singer/songwriter. I also like to paint, create other-worldly looking characters and write stories too. Thanks for dropping by my Bandcamp page. I'm happy to share my music and art with you and would be even happier if you would make a purchase. :) ... more

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