There is a lure in power. It can get into a man’s blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.
But all of us-at home, at war, wherever we may be-are within the reach of God’s love and power. We all can pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of God’s will.
Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.
When the Liberals said they were going to create a million new jobs, I didn’t think they were all going to be tax collectors. If you can’t convince them, confuse them.
Never, never waste a minute on regret. It’s a waste of time.
Men make history. History does not make the man.
When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint – understand what he is trying to do – nine times out of ten he is trying to do right.
Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness.
I consider Monroe a pretty minor president. In spite of the Monroe Doctrine. That’s the only important thing he ever did more or less on his own, when you really get down to it.
The Republican party still helps the rich and sticks a knife in the back of the poor.
Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.
Prosperous farmers make for a prosperous nation, and when farmers are in trouble, the nation is in trouble.
We all have to recognise, no matter how great our strength, that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.
Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it!
Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating.
The greatest honor that has come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.
I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.
The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.
Ignorance and its hand-maidens, prejudice, intolerance, suspicion of our fellowman, breed dictators and breed wars.
Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I’m in the wrong pew.