My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

The human race has reached a turning point. Man has opened the secrets of nature and mastered new powers. If he uses them wisely, he can reach new heights of civilization. If he uses them foolishly, they may destroy him. Man must create the moral and legal framework for the world which will insure that his new powers are used for good and not for evil.

Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty.

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.

Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble

Of course I believe in free enterprise but in my system of free enterprise, the democratic principle is that there never was, never has been, never will be, room for the ruthless exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few.