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The work he did endured.
It seems impossible that any man could adequately describe his mother. I can not describe mine.
They all taught me to be faithful over a few things. If they had any idea that such a training might some day make me a ruler over many things, it was not disclosed to me.
By reason of what I saw and heard in my early life, I came to have a good working knowledge of the practical side of government. I understood that it consisted of restraints which the people had imposed upon themselves in order to promote the common welfare.
This was my first introduction to the Constitution of the United States. Although I was but thirteen years old the subject interested me exceedingly. The study of it which I then began has never ceased, and the more I study it the more I have come to admire it, realizing that no other document devised by the hand of man ever brought so much progress and happiness to humanity. The good it has wrought can never be measured.
Any money I earned he had me put in the savings bank, because he wished me to be informed of the value of money at interest. He thought money invested in that way led to a self-respecting independence that was one of the foundations of good character.
It has been my observation in life that, if one will only exercise the patience to wait, his wants are likely to be filled.
The news reached my father
Constantly mentions how his father learned of his achievements -always wanted to make him proud
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuges, it is always simple and direct.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.
He had been the first to address me as President of the United States. It was the culmination of the lifelong desire of a father for the success of his son.
Before leaving the room I knelt down and, with the same prayer with which I have since approached the altar of the church, asked God to bless the American people and give me power to serve them.
When he went the power and the glory of the Presidency went with him.¶¶
It costs a great deal to be President.
