Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Prayer is helplessness plus faith.

An oldtimer is a person who's had many interesting experiences, some of them true.

The worst kind of oppression is when the victims think and talk in the language of their oppressors.

A colleague like Barnabas could comfort him (Paul) in illness and keep him from overstrain when fit.

Perhaps the little Negro girl was holding a concealed razor blade. Maybe she was one of the troublemakers out for a fresh white scalp.

My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

The first thing I ever bought for myself was a green Lacoste shirt.

How can you be more subject; black woman in a white man's world?

You have to rely on yourself and your associates - gifts don't come from above; you're going to win them, or you won't have them.

I'm not afraid to write my feelings in songs.