George Washington "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." Thomas Jefferson "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." James Monroe "It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future." Andrew Jackson “An man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.” John Tyler “I can never consent to being dictated to.” Millard Fillmore "An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory." Franklin Pierce "While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they c...