In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident.

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.

The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.

I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

Since I am used to speaking in public, I know that it is useless.

They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government this power is wholesome and proper. But in the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide shackles for the liberties of the people.