On President's Day

I wanted to find some solace so I went back to a sheet of quotes that has been hanging by my desk for 7 years from one of the great presidents. See if you can guess who.

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help"

"The trouble with our more liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just they know so much that isn't so."

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."

"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination"

"Government is like a baby: An Alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book."

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."

and finally:

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."