One of the presidents we could have done without.... There are some things I admire about Tyler, but there were also plenty of things that weren't so admirable.... The reason I have a certain amount of grudging respect for John Tyler is that he knew his own mind and stuck to his decisions.

If I want to be great, I have to win the victory over myself...self-d iscipline.

I never sit on a fence. I am either on one side or another.

...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done.

I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo.

If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law.

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.