In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
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Often misquoted as "In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take."
We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.
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