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Book cover for John Tyler, the Accidental President
However, Tyler's political opportunism once again confirmed that his idealistic brand of virtuous republicanism was unworkable in the rough-and-tumble world of nineteenth-century American politics."
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

[Address at Rice University, September 12 1962]
John F. Kennedy

Winston S. Churchill
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
Winston S. Churchill

Winston S. Churchill
“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”
Winston S. Churchill

Harry Truman
“Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.”
Harry S. Truman

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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