A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.

I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department.

Three things ruin a man: power, money, and women. I never wanted power. I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.

Andrew Johnson wasn't too bad, but he was overwhelmed by a hostile Congress.

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

France is France and a grand place for Frenchman.