"Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better."

"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."

"Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny."

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

"The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members."

"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know."

"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first."

"If you can't convince them, confuse them."

"When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril."

"A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader."

"We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries."

"My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States."

"It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work."

"I would rather have peace in the world than be President."

"A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants."

"If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house."

"In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity."

"The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction."

"Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's "going "to vote against me."

"I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!"

"Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought."

"Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past."

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

"This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come."