Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.

He'll sit there are he'll say "Do this! Do that!" and nothing will happen. Poor Ike - it won't be a bit like the army.

The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.

The attack upon Korea was an outright breach of the peace and a violation of the Charter of the United Nations. By their actions in Korea, Communist leaders have demonstrated their contempt for the basic moral principles on which the United Nations is founded. This is a direct challenge to the efforts of the free nations to build the kind of world in which men can live in freedom and peace.

I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes.

An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.

If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.