I do recall that El Cap seemed to be in much better condition than I was.

Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend

I couldn't catch a ball or any of that stuff. I could do only what required brute stupidity.

Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

There is something inherently wrong, something out of accord with the ideals of representative democracy, when one portion of our citizenship turns its activities to private gain amid defensive war while another is fighting, sacrificing, or dying for national preservation.

He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker.

I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.