meme: favorite quote by a current/former leader of your country

[belenen]

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[de_course]

"A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example."

-- Robert Menzies

[belenen]

awesome quote! ;-)

[ladywind]

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official."
- Theodore Roosevelt

(and although Ben Franklin was never a president or suchlike, on from him as well: "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding whats for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin)

[belenen]

yay for Teddy! I looooooooove zir :D

OOh! And this one: (still not a president, but close!)

[ladywind]

From Eleanor Roosevelt, whom I admire greatly as a gentle and formidable woman who put up with a hell of a lot more, with more grace than I would've:

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission."

Re: OOh! And this one: (still not a president, but close!)

[belenen]

yeah, Eleanor was amazing ♥

[paravati]

Abe Lincoln -- If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember anything.

May be slightly misquoted; I'm going from memory here..

Always has been one of my favorites, though.

[belenen]

I love Abe! :D Another by zir that I love: "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."

[diepunyhuman]

Never been too much of a Truman fan, but that is a pretty amusing quote.

[belenen]

I like zir like I like House. ;-) I respect their honesty even if I dislike everything they stand for, haha.