I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the head before you find out who's hitting you? It's about time that the people of America realized what the Republicans have been doing to them.

Peace is precious to us. It is the way of life we strive for with all the strength and wisdom we possess. But more precious than peace are freedom and justice. We will fight, if fight we must, to keep our freedom and to prevent justice from being destroyed.

I couldn't see well enough to play (baseball) when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job - they made me an umpire.

When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

We all have to recognise - no matter how great our strength - that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.

I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.