The best Quotes by Chester A. Arthur

The best Quotes by Chester A. Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield.

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I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.

The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining.

Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence.

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Ideas control the world.

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The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

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Suicide is not a remedy.

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Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

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A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

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No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

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There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

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Fame New York City

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

2

Manhattan, for millions of our forefathers, the gateway to hope, opportunity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams. Today, that hope is still alive, it's called "The First Date". On Saturday nights, every restaurant in Lower Manhattan resembles its own little Ellis Island.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 2 Episode 3

2

New York City Manhatten

I want to wake up in that city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

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1

In a city that moves so fast, you get the Sunday paper on Saturday - how did any of us know how much time we had left?

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The rainy season in Vermont is not long, but it definitely gets gloomy.

Grace Potter

Are we happy that 99% of all new income is going to the top 1%? Are we happy that one family in this country owns more than the bottom 130 million people?

Bernie Sanders (as Senator of Vermont) - Late Night with Seth Meyers, 2. Juni 2015

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Vermont - and that's pretty much the same thing.

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.

Joe Biden - August 2024

For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

Barack Obama

1

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. I, unfortunately, will be going back to Washington after my remarks. Today we've had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.

George W. Bush - September 2001

2001 September 11th

We can't do everything, but we have to do, what we can do.

Bill Clinton

1

We are not the sum of our possessions.

George H. W. Bush

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Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

1

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America.

Jimmy Carter

USA Independence Day

Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

Gerald R. Ford

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

Richard Nixon

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

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Future Yesterday

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Harry S. Truman

Taking action USA Independence Day

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

Franklin D. Roosevelt - December 1941

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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