To me, the most unhappy people in the world are the people ... in Palm Beach- Going to parties every night. Playing golf every afternoon, then bridge. [They have] no purpose.

Once genius is submerged by bureaucracy, a nation is doomed to mediocrity.

Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

I'm not a lovable man.

It is essential that we take steps to prevent chemical substances from becoming environmental hazards. Unless we develop better methods to assure adequate testing of chemicals, we will be inviting the environmental crisis of the future.

When the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thrust him suddenly into the Presidency in April of 1945 at one of the most critical moments of our history, he met that moment with courage and vision. His farsighted leadership in the postwar era has helped ever since to preserve peace and freedom in the world.