We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God

This is the first time in my experience... that I ever heard of a Senator trying to discredit his own Government before the world.... Your telegram is not only not true and an insolent approach to a situation that should have been worked out between man and man - but it shows conclusively that you are not even fit to have a hand in the operation of the Government of the United States.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.

My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and he knows when to stop working.

...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done.

There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.