Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

A hungry man is not a free man.

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.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.

Nature is neutral.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The relationship of the toastmaster to 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.

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.

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.