The true slogan of a true democracy is not `Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

I know only one method of operation: to be as honest with others as I am with myself.

The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of all creeds and persuasions-must be able to turn with clear confidence that there they can freely seek the whole truth, unvarnished by fashion and uncompromised by expediency.

Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.