"No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure. If he entrusts the details and smaller matters to subordinates constant errors will occur. I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates, and this makes my duties very great."

-- James K. Polk

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“I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.”
“For the weak who seek power it'll bring, infallible the power, knowledge is king.”
“If you had been a public figure from the time you were a toddler, if you'd had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds, than maybe to you might value privacy above all else. I have given everything up there from the time that I was three-years old. That's reality show enough, don't you think?”
“I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.”
“My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.”

Source : "Canseco: 'My Motive Is to Attack Major League Baseball'" by Martin Bashir and Mary Marsh, abcnews.go.com. March 27, 2008.
“Let me tell you humans something. You are not fighters. You donâ€™t have what it takes to actually change your current living situations. You canâ€™t even organize a decent group to combat oppression. How can beings of such low stature hope to do anything? You are not heroes. Stop pretending you are helping by playing commando and get out of the way of someone who can.”

Source : Charles Lee (2014). “The Way To Dawn: Dominion of Eden”, p.85, BookBaby
“Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter.”
“If you're gonna wait for the universe to start making sense, you have a long wait ahead of you.”

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