Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

When I ran for Presidency of the United States, I knew that this country faced serious challenges, but I could not realize - nor could any man realize who does not bear the burdens of this office - how heavy and constant would be those burdens

The labor movement is people. Our unions have brought millions of men and women together, made them members one of another, and given them common tools for common goals. Their goals are goals for all America - and their enemies are the enemies for progress. The two cannot be separated.

Failure has no friends.