America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations.

What's necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she is having her own way. Second, let her have it.

This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith.

Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter - hug 'em so tight they can't wiggle

The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman, and each nation must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem.

We must not only protect the countryside and save it from destruction, we must restore what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and charm of our cities.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.

Already a congressman, to a mentor “I hope sometime you run across something you think I can do well 24 hours per day.

Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.

When things haven’t gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.