There is no more fundamental axiom of American freedom than the familiar statement: In a free country we punish men for the crimes they commit but never for the opinions they have.

We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed. The fantastically crowded nine months of 1945 taught me that a President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt I could let up for a single moment.

It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.

I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.

I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American's guarantee of freedom.

People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.