I want a one-armed economist, that way he cannot say, 'on the other hand'.

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.

Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.

Everybody is headed for the same place, and they are headed on the same train, and under the same engineer.

If you can't dance then you are a loser.

There is no more fundamental axiom of American freedom than the familiar statement: In a free country we punish men for the crimes they commit but never for the opinions they have.

I couldn't see well enough to play (baseball) when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job - they made me an umpire.