If people get together, so eventually will nations.

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.

When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.

I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. Second, I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon.

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

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