During World War Two, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) objected to the blackout posters printed by the bureaucrats in Civil Defense: Illumination Must Be Extinguished When Premises Are Vacated. FDR's reaction: "Why can't they say, "Put out the lights when you leave?"

Government Humor
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Fun Fact: Which U.S. Presidents had red hair? The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents [CBP] lists: Thomas Jefferson ("reddish" fading to "sandy"), Andrew Jackson ("reddish" fading to "sandy"), Martin Van Buren ("sandy"), Rutherford B. Hayes ("auburn" in his youth), Calvin Coolidge ("red" faded to "sandy"), John F. Kennedy ("reddish brown hair") and Jimmy Carter ("sandy").

Fun Fact: Left-Handed U.S. Presidents: James A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman (ambidextrous? ), Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan (wrote with his right hand, but is supposed to been naturally left-handed), George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.

Fun Fact: Two U.S. Presidents were orphaned: Andrew Jackson at age 14, and Herbert Hoover at age 8.

Fun Fact: What U.S. Presidents did not attend college? Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, A. Johnson, Cleveland, Truman. (9 total although Truman did attend law school for two years). Additionally, two U.S. Presidents attended college but did not graduate: William H. Harrison and McKinley.

Fun Fact: What U.S. Presidents did not attend college? Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, A. Johnson, Cleveland, Truman. (9 total although Truman did attend law school for two years). Additionally, two U.S. Presidents attended college but did not graduate: William H. Harrison and McKinley.

Not surprisingly, the majority of our very best leaders were never 'frat boys'. Real life experience trumps formal education because only real life experience can prepare people for real life and create seasoned leaders.

-Beaumont

All Presidents of the United States have had to endure a certain amount of abuse and ridicule. They must learn to put it into perspective. A fine example: William Howard Taft (1857-1930; in office 1909-1913) was dining at home and his youngest son made a disrespectful remark to him. Mrs. Taft said, "Well, aren't you going to punish him?" Mr. Taft replied, "If the remark was addressed to me as his father, he certainly will be punished. However, if he addressed it to the President of the United States, that is his Constitutional privilege."

Parenting Humor
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In 1858, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was debating Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), his opponent, in a campaign for the U.S. Senate. Not only was Lincoln not as great an orator (speaker) as Douglas, he was also not what some would call a handsome man. At one point Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced. Lincoln replied, "I leave it to my audience. If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one?"

Appearances And Looks Humor
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"I fancy that it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you."

-Woodrow Wilson

Adversity And Perseverance Humor
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Work Humor
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Fun Fact: Despite being known as the “Father of his Country,” George Washington had no children of his own.

Family And Home Humor
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"The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take a civil service examination."

-Ronald Wilson Reagan

Daffynition And Definition Humor
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They say that ex-President Taft
When hit by a golf ball once laughed
And said, "I'm not sore,
But although you cried,'Fore!'
The place where you hit me was aft."

-Author Unknown

Limerick Humor
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Athletics And Sports Humor
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Abraham Lincoln, his hand and pen,
He will be good, but God knows when.

-Abraham Lincoln (ditty written by himself)

Epigram Humor
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[The office of Vice President is] "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived."

-John Adams (Vice President to George Washington, and following that, the second U.S. President, in a letter (19 December 1793) to his wife Abigail.

Fun Fact: The Vice President has only two duties: to cast the rare tie-breaking votes in the Congress, and to inquire daily as to the health of the President.

Fun Facts And Trivia Humor
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All Presidents of the United States have had to endure a certain amount of abuse and ridicule. They must learn to put it into perspective. A fine example: William Howard Taft (1857-1930; in office 1909-1913) was dining at home and his youngest son made a disrespectful remark to him. Mrs. Taft said, "Well, aren't you going to punish him?" Mr. Taft replied, "If the remark was addressed to me as his father, he certainly will be punished. However, if he addressed it to the President of the United States, that is his Constitutional privilege."

Childhood And Parenting Humor
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