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Presidential Quote #24: Teddy Roosevelt, laughing

WHY IS TEDDY ROOSEVELT LAUGHING??????

Because he was the president in 1908–the last time the Cubs won.

Here’s a look at what else was happening!

And here’s a quote!!!!

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. 

LOVE IT!!!!!! #PresidentsWithoutPolitics!!!!! Thank you, Cubs!!!!! What a game!!!!!

Presidential Quote #23: The Roosevelts

One from he and one from she:

“More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (Written night before he died)

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

#PresidentsWithoutPolitics

#GOCUBSGO!!!!!

Presidential Quote #22:

I met Gerald Ford in 1983 (or thereabouts) at Rutgers University. He told me to study hard. And to cover up–it was cold. (I was leaving dance class!)

Here’s some advice we all should take:

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time. 

#Presidents without Politics

Presidential Quote #21: Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B Hayes has an important message for ALL OF US.

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible. 

#PresidentsWithoutPolitics #GreatQuotes

 

Presidential Quote #20: Millard Fillmore

For the student who answered, Millard Fillmore, for every Presidential question,

here’s a Millard Fillmore quote. And it’s a great one!

It is not strange… to mistake change for progress. 

Special thanks to all the readers I met at the Youth Literature Festival at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Thanks for reading Beyond Lucky!!!

#PresidentsWithoutPolitics 

Presidential Quote #19: William Jefferson Clinton

Photo by me!

Quote by Bill, the first president I ever met in person. (He told me my children were beautiful!

If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. 

Looking forward to talking to students about Beyond Lucky (and the presidents) this week!

#OneADay #PresidentsWithoutPolitics

Presidential Quote #18: George H W Bush

Our Presidents inspire our nation when they honor all of us.

Here’s my favorite George HW Bush quote:

We are a nation of communities… a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. 

#PresidentsWithoutPolitics #OneADay #UntilElectionDay

Presidential Quote #17: Ulysses S Grant

Before Ulysses S Grant was President, he was the General of the Union army. He said:

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. 

and

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. 

and this:

“My failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent.”

 

#OneADay #UntilElectionDay #PresidentsWithoutPolitics 

 

Presidential Quote #16: George Washington

From George Washington:

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. 

Also, one too many leaders have forgotten:

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. 

#OneADay #PresidentsWithoutPolitics #UntilElectionDay

Presidential Quote #15: James Buchanan

James Buchanan was not one of our greatest presidents ever. But he was one that I learned about in grade school–since he was from Pennsylvania.

What we learned: He was a lifelong bachelor. (We didn’t talk about sexuality in the early 1970’s. We learned that he drank a bit too much. And that someone once called him “dough faced.” I remember that my teacher thought that was a terrible thing to call a person, and consequently, it became an insult on the playground.

But he is considered one of the worst US Presidents for setting the stage for the Civil War.

According to the college boy: “Buchanan thought the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in the Dred Scott case would ease the strife and tension in the country. He downplayed the conflict, predicting that the looming states’ rights and slavery questions would be “a matter of but little practical importance.”

Searching through his quotes, I did find this quote. Outdated, yes. Ironic, too. But also correct.

“The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among freemen.”

#OneADay #PresidentsWithoutPolitics #UntilElectionDay