Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

Democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphant action, not only against their human oppressors, but also against their ancient enemies-hunger, misery, and despair.

I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American's guarantee of freedom.

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.