My Boyhood Ambition Was To

Progress Will March If We Hold An Abiding Faith In The Intelligence, The Initiative, The Character, The Courage, And The Divine Touch In The Individual. We Can Safeguard These Ends If We Give To Each Individual That Opportunity For Which The Spirit Of America Stands.

Wisdom Consists Not So Much In Knowing What To Do In The Ultimate As In Knowing What To Do Next.

Older Men Declare War. But It Is The Youth That Must Fight And Die.

When The Outcome Of A Meeting Is To Have Another Meeting, It Has Been A Lousy Meeting.

I Returned To The White House After Midnight More Depressed Than Ever Before. I Had Long Since Arranged To Attend The World Series In Philadelphia The Next Day. Although I Like Baseball, I Kept This Engagement Only Because I Felt That My Presence At A Sporting Event Might Be A Gesture Of Reassurance To A Country Suffering From A Severe Attack Of 'jitters.'