John Nance Garner famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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How can we preserve our aspirations and at the same time develop the toughness of mind and spirit to face the fact that there are no easy victories? One is a tough-minded recognition that the fight for a better world is a long one.
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The Vice Presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit.
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I have always done what I thought was best for my country, never varying unless I was advised that two-thirds of the Democrats were for a bill and then I voted for it.
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The vice-presidency isnt worth a bucket of warm piss,
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Vice president: A spare tire on the automobile of government.
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You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives-man doesn't get anywhere without advertising.
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Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice-President of the United States. Should have stuck?as Speaker of the House? Gave up the second most important job in Government foreight long years as Roosevelt's spare tire.
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The single biggest time waster in the world is not completing what you start.
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The trouble today is that we have too many laws.
-- John Nance Garner
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Practice is a talent. Perseverance is a talent. Hard work is a talent.
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If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.
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I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me...
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I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
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No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.
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We must enhance the light, not fight the darkness.
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Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.
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I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
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Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!†said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.
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Autumn can be glorious but menacing too - the long shadows, brisk winds, scurrying leaves, impending frost.
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