Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

The greatest honor that has come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.

Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.