No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

What America needs now is a drink.