We can never tell what is in store for us.

In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.

There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.

I have to decide Japanese strategy - shall we invade Japan proper or shall we bomb and blockade? That is my hardest decision to date. But I'll make it when I have all the facts.

Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Never, never waste a minute on regret. It's a waste of time.