When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

It must be peace without victory; only a peace between equals can last.

There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

I believe in democracy, because it releases the energies of every human being.

America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

All things come to him who waits -- provided he knows what he is waiting for.