In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.

I read the story and reread the story, but I still could not find the universality that the little Irishman had spoken of. All I saw in the story was some Irishmen meeting in a room and talking politics. What had that to do with America, especially with my people? It was not until years later that I saw what he meant ... I began to listen, to listen closely to how they talked about their heroes, to how they talked about the dead and how great the dead had once been. I heard it everywhere.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

Quit thinking about what Bobby Lee's gonna do to us and start thinking about what we're going to do to him.

Venice would be a fine city if it were only drained.