The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.

Government, in it's last analysis, is organized force.

To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.

The literary gift is a very dangerous gift to possess if you are not telling the truth, and I would a great deal rather, for my part, have a man stumble in his speech than to feel he was so exceedingly smooth that he had better be watched both day and night.

It is easier to move a cemetery than to change a curriculum.

It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs.