It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.

Here we now have the freedom of all religions, and I hope that never again will we have a repetition of religious bigotry, as we have had in certain periods of our own history. There is no room for that kind of foolishness here.

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 President cannot always be popular.

The only new thing is history we don't know.

I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel.