A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

I have had enough experience in all my years, and have read enough of the past, to know that advice to grandchildren is usually wasted.

Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose. It is not given to us to know fully what that purpose is, but I think we may be sure of one thing, and that is that our country is intended to do all it can, in cooperating with other nations to help created peace and preserve peace in the world. It is given to defend the spiritual values-the moral code-against the vast forces of evil that seek to destroy them.

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to.

If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.