When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.

Public debt [is] a burden on all the people.

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

July 4, 1776 was the historic day on which the representatives of three millions of people vocalized Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill, which gave notice to the world that they proposed to establish an independent nation on the theory that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

If you can get enough votes so that mine will make a majority, you can have it.

Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security.