I think, like many others, I realized that only the massive introduction of American support in one form or another, could possibly bring about a rehabilitation of the economies of those countries within a reasonable time.

257

My knowledge of the state of President Roosevelt's health was derived entirely from conversations, from newspaper articles and from photographs.

231

I'm not favorably impressed by the atmosphere of a political convention. I think it's not the biggest show on earth. I don't think it should be like a Barnum and Bailey or Ringling Brothers Circus.

194

There's always a great deal of business to be transacted in one's office. There are always visitors it seems to me, an unending stream of them, who come with letters of recommendation, or come actually on substantive business.

146

I've heard a great many flattering things about Roosevelt, but never that he was notable for his skill in administration.

144

The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which he is accredited.

113

The problem with wind power is you don't know when it's going to come and when it's going to go.

73

There was general consternation, if one can put it that way, especially amongst those people who knew little of Vice President Truman, about the new President Truman. From what I had heard of President Truman, I wasn't unduly disturbed because I thought that President Roosevelt's health had already failed so seriously, that it was simply a matter of time before there would be such a succession.

71

I'll ride it till the bitter end, and then I'll go back to commuting an hour and 45 minutes from Kingston to Bainbridge Island.

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