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I'm very proud that I'm smart enough to get to the point
I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.
I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.
Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.
I never sit on a fence. I am either on one side or another.
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.
People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.
Never, never waste a minute on regret. It's a waste of time.
Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward.
All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.
A society will be judged by how it treats its weakest members
I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.
A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics.
In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.
The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.
Our goal must be not peace in our time, but peace for all time.
Not every reader is a leader, but every leader must be a reader.
The atomic bomb is too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world.
Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do.
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.
If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.
Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.
...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done.
The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.
I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.
I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job.
The Republican Party either corrupts its liberals or it expels them.
There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.
The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
Leadership is getting people to do things that they don't want to do.
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me.
About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.
No man should be allowed to be President who does not understand hogs.
I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now.
Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.
The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck.
A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
If you want to live like a Republican, you've got to vote for a Democrat.
Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.
I want a one-armed economist, that way he cannot say, 'on the other hand'.
Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.
If you can't stand the heat, then move to Minnesota. They have snow in May.
Andrew Johnson wasn't too bad, but he was overwhelmed by a hostile Congress.