Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.

I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.

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

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.

The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.

I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able and God bless you. Good-bye.

The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.