Quotes for the Day
Posted in Current Events by John E. Pannell on February 14th, 2009 at 4:44 pm It is interesting to see how far we have come in the past few decades. Here are some quotes from three different U.S. presidents, in the past half century,all acknowledged as great orators in their day.
“Those of us who manage the public dollars will be held to account to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and our government.”
– President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, 1/20/2009
Really? I wish this was so. When will they be held accountable for their foolhardiness in managing public funds over the last several decades!?
“This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.”
– President Ronald Reagan, 1964, while campaigning in support of Barry Goldwater
“Generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”
– President Barack Obama, 2008, St. Paul, MN
“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works  whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. “
– President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, 1/20/2009
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price.”
– President Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, 1/20/1981
“The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe – the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God…
…And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own. “
– President John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1/20/1961
Yes, change has come to the United States of America.
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