Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

Patriotism is not a short outburst of emotion, but is the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Nature is neutral.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.

Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

I don't mind a little praise - as long as it's fulsome.

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.

Newpaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

It is often easier to fight for one's principles that to live up to them.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

When you sling mud, you lose ground.

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.