In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it is bad economics.