I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one.

We Shall come through! We cannot tell when, we cannot tell how, but we shall come through.

Before America entered the war [WW2] I knew we could not win it, but after she entered I knew we could not lose

I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.

If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.

Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common... Celebrate it every day.

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest