Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

Put an underdog on top and it makes no difference whether his name is Russian, Jewish, Negro, Management, Labor, Mormon, or Baptist he goes haywire. I've found very, very few who remember their past condition when prosperity comes.

The America to which these Swedish settlers came was a land that needed the hardy qualities they brought. It was not a land that was particularly softhearted towards newcomers, but everyone believed that each should have a fair chance regardless of his origin.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.