Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Men of widely divergent views in our own country live in peace together because they share certain common aspirations which are more important than their differences.... The common responsibility of all Americans is to become effective, helpful participants in a way of life that blends and harmonizes the fiercely competitive demands of the individual and society.

I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy].

God, I hate the Germans.

It is well for us to pause, to acknowledge our debt to those who paid so large a share of freedom's price.