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

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace.

The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such wisdom as God gives mankind - men and women who are just, and understanding, and generous to others - men and women who are capable of disciplining themselves. For they are the rulers and they must rule themselves.

Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.

The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men.

We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away. We have learned that we must live as men, not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger.