There is, of course, ample evidence that student councils which lack proper organization and wide student support are at best ineffectual, at worst subject to misuse by an activist few at the expense of an apathetic majority.
Proclamation 4140—National Student Government Day
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This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.
This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as president, I must put the interests of America first. Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon…
And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.
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