Although I hold the highest civil honour in the world, I have always regarded my rank and title as a Past Grand Master of Masons the greatest honour that had ever come to me.

There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with his neighbors.

I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

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

The America to which these Swedish settlers came was a land that needed the hardy qualities they brought. It was not a land that was particularly softhearted towards newcomers, but everyone believed that each should have a fair chance regardless of his origin.

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.