When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
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!
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.
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.
You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
A President cannot always be popular.
