The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.
Not merely a nation but a nation of nations.
We Americans know – although others appear to forget – the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.
When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment.
Not now, or not there, or too much, or not at all.
If you’re I politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.
I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people-nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their hard lessons, moved by their high aspirations-have the will to meet the trials that these times impose.
For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and private schools.
For the college years we will provide scholarships to high school students of the greatest promise and greatest need and guarantee low-interest loans to students continuing their college studies.
This nation, this generation, in this hour has man’s first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man’s life matches the marvels of man’s labor.
We will not have served the water needs of Americans if we meet only the requirements of today’s population. A prudent nation must look ahead and plan for tomorrow.
Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.
He’s a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.
He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such an account as will give him satisfaction.
A few years make such havoc in human generations that we soon see ourselves deprived of those with whom we entered the world, and whom the participation of pleasures or fatigues had endeared to our remembrance.
John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That’s the way our system works.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country – instead of dying for it.