When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.

A child is being properly educated only when he is learning to become independent of his parents.

Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

I do not have regrets. I believe I helped preserve the peace for this country. Why should I regret that? What I accomplished was approved by Congress -- which represents our people. All of you live in safety from domestic enemies because of security from the police. Likewise, you live in safety from foreign enemies because our military keeps them from attacking us.

When the men in Russia foul up, they are dismisses, sometimes losing their necks. But we protect those who fail and press them to the government bosom.

Nothing so sharpens the thought process as writing down one's arguments. Weaknesses overlooked in oral discussion become painfully obvious on the written page.