Following are quotes from several of our previous presidents. I feel they speak to what is going on in our government today. We watch in real time, in our country, what has happened in many other countries across history. Why the human race can never learn from our past is beyond me. Maybe someone else can answer that. Maybe my quote that I use for this site can present an answer? “The more we learn, the less we know…”
Quotes:
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company.”
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.”
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
Power must never be trusted without a check.”
The More We Learn, The Less We Know 