The best Quotes by William Henry Harrison

The best Quotes by William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 - April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration as president in 1841, making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office.

Times change, and we change with them.

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

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I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

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Stop your nonsense and drink your whiskey!

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A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy to keep the flame burning, even if someone comes along and tries to piss on it. But if you fall asleep and neglect it...You'll wake up with ashes.

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My wife was as much of a soldier as I was.

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Everything dependent on human action is liable to abuse.

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

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I can never consent to being dictated to.

As a native Washingtonian, I am well aware that childhood obesity is a real problem in our nation's capital.

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The Washington Bullets are changing their name. They don't want their team to be associated with crime. From now on, they'll just be known as the Bullets.

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Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

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1

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I call Washington "the city of the perishable".

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Let me give you a little bit of free advice. DC is all about realtionships.

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It is not the strong or the smart that survive, but the ones who can bring about change.

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The Jedi are trained to let go. They're trained from birth. They're not supposed to form attachments. They can love people – in fact, they should love everybody. They should love their enemies; they should love the Sith. But they can't form attachments. So what all these movies are about is: greed. Greed is a source of pain and suffering for everybody.

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You know what capitalism is? Gettin' f*cked!

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

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5

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This is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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1

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

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

Gerald R. Ford

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.

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