The other day Aks and I went up to your ranch for a day's fishing. I cannot remember any day when we have had more fun on a stream. We had along with us three newspaper men and a few secret service people, many of whom had never seen a trout stream, so we did the thing up right by borrowing frying pans, bacon and corn meal from the wife of your rancher - and we cooked an outdoor meal for the crowd. It was really quite a day.

There are no victories at discount prices.

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

Beware the military-industrial complex.

The friendship of a dog is precious. It becomes even more so when one is so far removed from home.... I have a Scottie. In him I find consolation and diversion... he is the "one person" to whom I can talk without the conversation coming back to war.

No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved them.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.