Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for the nation.

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.

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

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

It is impossible for one who has studied at all the services of the Hebrew people to avoid the faith that they will one day be restored to their historic national home and there enter on a new and yet greater phase of their contribution to the advance of humanity.

The president is the cuticle of the nail bed of America: one would think pushing back makes him stronger, yet it turns out the opposite is true.