There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using and tiring it, just in the same way he can wear out the elbows of his coat.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!