If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. This is not the case.

Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.

An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits

I know few significant questions of public policy which can safely be confided to computers. In the end, the hard decisions inescapably involve imponderables of intuition, prudence, and judgment.

I can evade questions without help; what I need is answers

Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.