I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

Unless we progress, we regress.

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

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

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.