Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction.

Men make history. History does not make the man.

Partisanship must end at the waters edge.

Despite his unimpressive appearance and manner, he was a brilliant fellow with a crystal-clear mind.... It was just that, when it came time for him to act like an executive, he was like a great many other people; when the time comes to make decisions, they have difficulty doing it.

The atomic bomb is too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.