Human life is something that comes to us from beyond this world, and the purpose of our society is to cherish it and to enable the individual to attain the highest achievement of which he is capable

Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.

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.

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.

The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.

The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.