No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary. I am not asking your newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.

If I don't have a woman for three days, I get terrible headaches.

This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the nation, is as old as Western civilization itself.

I strongly believe in Scouting. ... It's a source of great strength to us.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

There are only two realities in life: death and laughter. We can do nothing to change the former, so we might as well do all we can to save the latter.