I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.