No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.

Not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest.

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.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

My constant prayer, these days, as I start my backswing is, 'Oh, please let me swing slowly.' The trouble is that sometimes I wonder whether I swing at all; whether I am not strictly a chopper.

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.