Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.
We have gold because we cannot trust governments
America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.
The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.
I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers thems...