The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.

Quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts.

What is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.

There is no such thing as a good tax.