“The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.”

They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.

Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

History teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.

I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]

What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.

If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?

A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.