All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. |
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. |
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here. |
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. |
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. |
I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America! |
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment. |
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. |
I would rather have peace in the world than be President. |
The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything. |
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries. |
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. |
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on. |
The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. |
The reward of suffering is experience. |
The buck stops here! |
I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount. |
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. |
The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. |
To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches - not I. |