I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something. Otherwise, you will never get anywhere.

The legislative job of the President is especially important to the people who have no special representatives to plead their cause before Congressand that includes the great majority. I sometimes express it by saying the President is the only lobbyist that one hundred and fifty million Americans have. The other twenty million are able to employ people to represent themand thats all right, its the exercise of the right of petitionbut someone has to look after the interests of the one hundred and fifty million that are left.

All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.

If you can't convince them [with your logic] then just confound them [with your wit.]

The absence of war is not peace.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the President has to make often affect the lives of tens of millions of people around the world, but that does not mean that they should take longer to make. Some men can make decisions and some cannot. Some men fret and delay under criticism. I used to have a saying that applies here, and I note that some people have picked it up, If you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.