Quotes on Presidential

Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.

Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people.

Doverey, no proverey - Trust but verify.

There is no indispensable man.

Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.

The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights, once a source of disunity and civil war, is now a point of pride for all Americans. We must never go back. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion

It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

I say women exhibit the most exalted virtue when they depart from the domestic circle and enter on the concerns of their country, of humanity, and of their G-d!

I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington.

Ending inflation means freeing all Americans from the terror of runaway living costs. ... We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we are in a time when there are no heroes just don't know where to look. ... Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

We're more than friends and neighbors and allies; we are kin, who together have built the most productive relationship between any two countries in the world today.

It's only when they join together in a forward movement that this country moves ahead.

Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor.

This government has been informed that a Jewish state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by the provisional government thereof. The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.

I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.

[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

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.

May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.