The Republican party still helps the rich and sticks a knife in the back of the poor.

It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases.

It is noble in its administration: to think and let think, beyond the narrow contracted prejudices of bitter sectarians in these modern times. It is general or universal language, fitted to benefit the poor stranger, which no other institution is calculated to reach, by extending the beneficent hand.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and he knows when to stop working.

We must face the fact that peace must be built on power, as well as upon good will and good deeds.

When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made.