Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.

Doing the right thing is easy. [It is] much more difficult [to...] figure out what [the right thing] is.

The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.

It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.

This government has been informed that a Jewish state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by the provisional government thereof. The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.