We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.

A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

Come now. let us reason together.

If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.