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A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall
Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.
Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time
Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.
It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.
I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something. Otherwise, you will never get anywhere.
Keep working on a plan. Make no little plans. Make the biggest plan you can think of and spend the rest of your life carrying it out.
All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.
We have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live together at home in peace.
The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.
When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint - understand what he is trying to do - nine times out of ten he is trying to do right.
My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and he knows when to stop working.
I have had enough experience in all my years, and have read enough of the past, to know that advice to grandchildren is usually wasted.
My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.
The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.
In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice.
I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.
You cannot get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have the facts, you cannot make proper judgments about what is going on.
Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.
I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able and God bless you. Good-bye.
You should never form judgments from front page headlines. As with a contract, the fine print on the inside pages should be carefully studied.
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
When a High Explosive shell bursts in fifteen feet and does you no damage, you can bet your sweet life you bear a charmed life and no mistake.
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.
Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.
A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.
I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.
It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.
I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
I can remember when a good politician had to be 75 percent ability and 25 percent actor, but I can well see the day when the reverse could be true.
The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.
There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.
As you get older, you get tired of doing the same things over and over again, so you think Christmas has changed. It hasn't. It's you who has changed.
The United States, which would live on Christian principles with all of the peoples of the world, cannot omit a fair deal for its own Indian citizens.
He "wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed."
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.
In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.
Three things ruin a man: power, money, and women. I never wanted power. I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.
It isn't important who is ahead at one time or another, in either an election or a horse race. It's the horse that comes in first at the finish that counts
A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.
A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.
If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible.
Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty.
With firm faith in our hearts, to sustain us along the hard road to victory, we will find our way to a secure peace, for the ultimate benefit of all humanity.