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

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

"I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."

"The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning."

"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars."

"Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blowwom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity."

"If you have love you don't need to have anything else. If you don't have it it doesn't matter much what else you do have."

"You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider."

"To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man."

"Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."

"During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk."