Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
We are not saints. We know we make mistakes, but at least our heart is with the right cause.
I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.
Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them.
The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.
For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!
In this hope, among the things we teach to the young are such truths as the transcendent value of the individual and the dignity of all people, the futility and stupidity of war, its destructiveness of life and its degradation of human values.
Art is a universal language and through it each nation makes its own unique contribution to the culture of mankind.
The world no longer has a choice between force and law; if civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.
Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead.
One of the things that I noticed in war was how difficult it was for our soldiers, at first, to realize that there are no rules to war. Our men were raised in sports, where a referee runs a football game, or an umpire a baseball game, and so forth.
Memory should be the starting point of the present.
The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.
The world must know what happened, and never forget.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you.
In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!
Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.