Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.

To have a free, peaceful and prosperous world we must be ever stronger particularly in the spiritual things....It is American belief in decency and justice and progress and the value of individual liberty because of the rights conferred on each of us by our Creator that willcarry us through.... There must be something in the heart as well as the head.

The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.

Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.

The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.

But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps more than any other sport, tends to instill in men the feeling that victory comes through hard - almost slavish - work, team play, self-confidence, and an enthusiasm that amounts to dedication.