 The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction. |
| Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place. |
| Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. |
| Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. |
| Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great. |
| My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. |
| If you can't convince them, confuse them. |
| America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. |
| Being too good is apt to be uninteresting. |
| Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. |
| All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. |
| A President cannot always be popular. |
| You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. |
