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

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money or their economy or their form of government, be conservative.

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is.

The peace we seek, founded upon decent trust and cooperation among nations, can be fortified not by weapons of war but by wheat and cotton, by milk and wool, by meat and timber, and by rice. These are words that translate into every language.

In this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war.