I do not choose to run for President in 1928.

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.

I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.

I don't like this idea of Method. I come from that school, but what I was taught was that it's your imagination. You do your homework, and you use your imagination.

I'm not bald. I'm just taller than my hair.

A Socialist United States of Europe seems to me the only worth-while political objective today

As far as activities go, having a regular exercise routine is a must.

It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.

Nominations come and go. It is not going to happen to you every year, and I am very well aware of that

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

Body: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.

Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue]