God, I hate the Germans.

You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.

I get weary of the European habit of taking our money, resenting any slight hint as to what they should do, and then assuming, in addition, full right to criticize us as bitterly as they may desire.

The Federal Government has a responsibility to manage wisely those public lands and forests under its jurisdiction necessary in the interest of the public as a whole. ... In the utilization of these lands, the people are entitled to expect that their timber, minerals, streams and water supply, wildlife and recreational values should be safeguarded, improved and made available not only for this but for future generations.

The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.

The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.