Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.