John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day, the last words of one of them was, The country is safe. Jefferson still lives. And the last words of the other was, John Adams will see that things go forward.

Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

Study men, not historians.

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.

Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it!

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.

A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.