Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.

[May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that has been rendered to civilization by men and women of the Jewish faith. May [visitors] recall the long array of those who have been eminent in statecraft, in science, in literature, in art, in the professions, in business, in finance, in philanthropy and in the spiritual life of the world.

While I do not think it was so intended I have always been of the opinion that this turned out to be much the best for me. I had no national experience. What I have ever been able to do has been the result of first learning how to do it. I am not gifted with intuition. I need not only hard work but experience to be ready to solve problems. The Presidents who have gone to Washington without first having held some national office have been at great disadvantage.

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.

I should think that an ordinary copy of the King James version would have been good enough for those Congressmen.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.