It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

To fight tyranny and oppression by using tyrannical and oppressive means, to combat a single-minded and ruthless fanaticism by becoming equally fanatical and ruthless, will not further the cause of justice or bring about a meaningful democracy. It can only prolong the cycle of violence.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen.

All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.