The credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.
If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
I can’t see that it’s wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law.
No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.
While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last.
If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.
A life of complete leisure is the hardest work of all.
In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration.
There are only two realities in life: death and laughter. We can do nothing to change the former, so we might as well do all we can to save the latter.
Will Rogers once said it is not the original investment in a Congressman that counts; it is the upkeep.
It is not our wealth that built our roads, but it is our roads that built our wealth.
I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the challenge too urgent, and the stakes too high – to permit the customary passions of political debate.
Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.
Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
Civility is not a sign of weakness.
Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons – new and uncertain nations – new pressures of population and deprivation.
Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.
Forbidden fruit tastes sweet, but its aftertaste is bitter.
Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgement.