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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. - George

I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. – George Washington

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Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. – George Washington

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Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company. – George Washington

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Patriotism is easy to understand in America – it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge

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If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country. – James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln, 1861

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Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. – Woodrow Wilson

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Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. – Robert Jarvik

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