The average American is just like the child in the family. You give him some responsibility and he is going to amount to something. He is going to do something. If, on the other hand, you make him completely dependent and pamper him and cater to him too much, you are going to make him soft, spoiled and eventually a very weak individual.

Failure isn't falling down. Failure is not getting up after you have fallen down.

The Jews are irreligious, atheistic, immoral bunch of bastards.

Well, I'm not a crook.

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

My view is that one should not break up a winning combination.

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.