Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art..

It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but me….

The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel..

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants..

If I want to be great, I have to win the victory over myself...self-d iscipline..

All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor..

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything..

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal..

Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness..

Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel o….

It is organized as a fellowship of men, a system of morals, a philosophy taught by degrees through the use of symbol, story, legend, pictures, and dr….

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 mome….

The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck..

I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell..

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then y….

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases..

If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law..

I'm very proud that I'm smart enough to get to the point.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all..

I enjoyed my new position as vice president, but it took me a while to get used to the fact that I no longer had the voting privileges I had enjoyed ….

I have tried my best to give the nation everything I had in me. There are probably a million people who could have done the job better than I did it,….