“Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.”
Alone“I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.”
Politics“Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.”
Alone“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
Politics“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.”
Peace“We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.”
Business“To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.”
Cool“Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.”
Nature“We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.”
Equality“Making peace is harder than making war.”
Peace“I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.”
Faith“Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.”
Age“Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.”
Business“After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.”
Peace“A beauty is a woman you notice a charmer is one who notices you.”
Beauty“The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.”
Politics“Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.”
Change“Your days are short here this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.”
Truth“Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.”
Age“I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.”
Forgiveness“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.”
Society“That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.”
Wisdom