We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

I'll speak for the man, or against him, whichever will do him the most good.

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

I made my mistakes, but in all of my years in public life, I have never profited, never profited from public serviceI have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.