In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.

It's tougher to be a football coach than the President of the United States. You've got four years as a president, and they guard you. A football coach doesn't have anyone to protect him when things go wrong.

A President cannot always be popular.

The greatest honor that has come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.

Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it!

We can never tell what is in store for us.

Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.