My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and he knows when to stop working.

A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

You know of our sympathetic interest in this country in Iran's desire to control its natural resources. From this point of view we were happy to see that the British Government has on its part accepted the principle of nationalization.

No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.

A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.