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

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.

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

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.

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