What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve the interests of the whole nation. Their members of the Congress are chosen with that great end in view.

[The reason a man has] so much trouble with the Senate is that there isn't a man in the Senate who doesn't think he is better suited to be President than the President, and thinks he might have been President except for luck.

It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it, they pay the penalty, but compared with the mistakes which have been made by every kind of autocracy they are unimportant.

Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.