Like all successful politicians I married above myself.

Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.

I come from the very heart of America.

The world no longer has a choice between force and law; if civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.

The supreme belief of our society is the dignity and freedom of the individual. To the respect of that dignity, to the defense of that freedom, all effort is pledged.

Take your job seriously, but not yourself

Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession - to defend it against every thrust from within or without.