I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.

There is no week, nor day, nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme confidence in themselves, and lose their roughness and spirit of defiance. Tyranny may always enter—there is no charm or bar against it.

There are no personal sympathies in politics.

Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic.

I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought up strictly. I was a very serious child. There was not a lot of fun and sparkle in my life.