I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.

Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you.

Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess. To preserve his freedom of worship, his equality before law, his liberty to speak and act as he sees fit, subject only to provisions that he trespass not upon similar rights of others - a Londoner will fight. So will a citizen of Abilene. When we consider these things, then the valley of the Thames draws closer to the farms of Kansas and the plains of Texas.

A voter without a ballot is like a soldier without a bullet.

A world that begins to witness the rebirth of trust among nations can find its way to a peace that is neither partial nor punitive. With all who will work in good faith toward such a peace, we are ready, with renewed resolve, to strive to redeem the near-lost hopes of our day.

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.

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