Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.

There isn't any question about Washington's greatness. If his administration had been a failure, there would have been no United States. A lesser man couldn't have done it.... Washington was both a great administrator and a great leader, a truly great man in every way.

We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way. And that’s why I’ve always thought and said, farmers are the smartest people in the world, they don’t go for high hats and they can spot a phony a mile off.

The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.

If you can't dance then you are a loser.

For reasons of national security and out of consideration for some people still alive I have omitted certain material. Some of this material cannot be made available for many years, perhaps for many generations.