I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.

The stress stops here

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.

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

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed. The fantastically crowded nine months of 1945 taught me that a President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt I could let up for a single moment.