Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.
But Quantrill and his men were no more bandits than the men on the other side. I’ve been to reunions of Quantrill’s men two or three times. All they were trying to do was protect the property on the Missouri side of the line...
I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the head before you find out who’s hitting you? It’s about time that the people of America realized what the Republicans have been doing to them.
If I’d known how much packing I’d have to do, I’d have run again.
A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.
I’m very proud that I’m smart enough to get to the point.
I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.
To reporters the day after his accession to the presidency, April 13, 1945: When they told me yesterday what had happened, I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.
I like riding a bicycle built for two – by myself.
All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.
The stress stops here.
Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren’t. I can say that, because I wasn’t one of the great presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.
No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.
The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they’ve had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.
I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.
I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language, which I used in my letter of Aug 29 to Congress McDonough concerning the Marine Corps...
In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.
All through history it’s the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall.
The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear the one voice that tells him his is not.
It sure is hell to be president.