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Preparation for defense is an inalienable prerogative of a sovereign state.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.
When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries is in danger.
The only thing we have to fear...is audiovisual glitches at our annual event.
Frankly, I do not know how to effect a permanency in American foreign policy.
This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.
Dealing with the State Department is like watching an elephant become pregnant.
Freedom of speech...Freedom of worship...Freedom from want...Freedom from fear.
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.
Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races.
We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself.
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
The American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory.
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
Once you've spent two years trying to wiggle one toe, everything is in proportion.
We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom.
New Orleans makes it possible to go to Europe without ever leaving the United States.
A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man"
It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.
I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.
The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history.
I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.
In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation.
They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.
There's nothing to fear but a wide receiver who can run a 100-yard dash in under 10 seconds.
A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command-of his head.
If you hold your fire until you see the whites of his eyes, you will never know what hit you.
If you have spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your big toe, everything else seems easy.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.
In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.
It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.
We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world.
We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.
Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.
Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.
In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.