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Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.
A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.
In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.
A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.
The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.
Everybody is headed for the same place, and they are headed on the same train, and under the same engineer.
The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
Prosperous farmers make for a prosperous nation, and when farmers are in trouble, the nation is in trouble.
You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future.
Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.
The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.
The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot.
In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.
The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.
No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.
If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.
There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.
There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do
There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with his neighbors.
An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.
I received a card the other day from Steve Early which said, "Don't Worry Me--I am an 8 Ulcer Man on 4 Ulcer Pay.
When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.
I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.
When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.
It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.
Ignorance and its hand-maidens, prejudice, intolerance, suspicion of our fellowman, breed dictators and breed wars.
Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it!
I said that an expert was a fella who was afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn't be an expert anymore.
One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we've emphasized the reward instead of the service.
He'll sit there are he'll say "Do this! Do that!" and nothing will happen. Poor Ike - it won't be a bit like the army.
There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
I couldn't see well enough to play (baseball) when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job - they made me an umpire.
I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel.
I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.
If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law.
Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you.
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
If you tell Congress everything about the world situation, they get hysterical. If you tell them nothing, they go fishing.
Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all!
The greatest honor that has come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.
When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made.
I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo.
We all have to recognise - no matter how great our strength - that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.
An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.