You should be very careful in choosing your friend. But should continue it once you made your choice.

No adults are true to everyone

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

The chief business of the American people is business.

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.

The things I never say never get me into trouble.

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a...

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor is the reward for what he gave.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation...

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never...

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.