Nelson Rockefeller Quotes & Sayings

#1. There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and 'how well you look'.

#2. Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free people.

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#3. Americans will not and should not respond to a political creed that cherishes the past solely because it offers an excuse for shutting out the hard facts and difficult tasks of the present.

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#4. There are many other possibilities more enlightening than the struggle to become the local doctor's most affluent ulcer case.

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#5. I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society.

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#6. A man should make all he can, and give all he can.

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#7. The nation-state is becoming less and less competent to perform its international political tasks ... These are some of the reasons pressing us to lead vigorously toward the true building of a new world order.

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#8. The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty.

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#9. It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.

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#10. Maybe this Watergate is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benefit from it.

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#11. The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.

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#12. Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

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#13. No man can hope to be elected in his state without being photographed eating a hot dog at Nathan's Famous.

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#14. America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.

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