I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign.

The measure of a civilization is how it treats those at the dawn of life, the margins of life and the twilight of life.

My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.

In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and embellish the earth, instead of shaking it.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.