I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.

I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.