The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.

But Quantrill and his men were no more bandits than the men on the other side. I've been to reunions of Quantrill's men two or three times. All they were trying to do was protect the property on the Missouri side of the line.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.