I Get The Facts, I Study Them

Approach Each New Problem Not With A View Of Finding What You Hope Will Be There, But To Get The Truth, The Realities That Must Be Grappled With. You May Not Like What You Find. In That Case You Are Entitled To Try To Change It. But Do Not Deceive Yourself As To What You Do Find To Be The Facts Of The Situation.

The Ability To Express An Idea Is Well Nigh As Important As The Idea Itself.

Whatever Failures I Have Known, Whatever Errors I Have Committed, Whatever Follies I Have Witnessed In Private And Public Life Have Been The Consequence Of Action Without Thought.

A Dangerous Fallacy Is To Repudiate Freedom In Favor Of An Unknown Future. What Else But Our Own Sturdy Reliance On Freedom Can Explain The Unexampled Record This Country Has Made? In A Period Scarcely Twice My Own Lifetime It Has Risen From Nothingness To Become The World's Greatest Power. It Has Become The Ark Of The Covenant Of Freedom.

Making A Success Of The Job At Hand Is The Best Step Toward The Kind You Want.