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

Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it.

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.

We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

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