“I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.”
“An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.”
“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.”
“I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.”
“A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.”
“Golf is a fine relief from the tensions of office, but we are a little tired of holding the bag.”
“Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.”
“Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”
“I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
“The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations--great or small--to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.”
“The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.”
“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.”
“What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”
“The human race has improved everything, but the human race.”