 I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts. |
| 'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use. |
| I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then. |
| Only Americans can hurt America. |
| Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat. |
| Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well. |
| The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. |
| The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. |
| The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy. |
| The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice! |
| May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. |
| I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. |
| From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard. |
| How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without? |
| When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept. |
| Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. |
| Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. |
| Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. |
| Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy. Topics: Politics |
| Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. |
