It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

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.

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

A President cannot always be popular.

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

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose. It is not given to us to know fully what that purpose is, but I think we may be sure of one thing, and that is that our country is intended to do all it can, in cooperating with other nations to help created peace and preserve peace in the world. It is given to defend the spiritual values-the moral code-against the vast forces of evil that seek to destroy them.