I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!

Every one expects to go further than his father went; every one expects to be better than he was born and every generation has one big impulse in its heart – to exceed all the other generations of the past in all the things that make life worth living.

From 4 to 6 percent of the presidential office is not in administration but in morals, politics, and spiritual leadership. He has to guide a people in the greatest adventure ever undertaken on the planet.

When anything is going to happen in this country, it happens first in Kansas.

You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people – and, alas, their folly with it. But if there is freedom, folly will die of its own poison, and the wisdom will survive.

I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away – and it is the biggest kick of all.

There is no insanity so devastating in man’s life as utter sanity.

Never use the word, ‘very.’ It is the weakest word in the English language; doesn’t mean anything. If you feel the urge of ‘very’ coming on, just write the word, ‘damn,’ in the place of ‘very.’ The editor will strike out the word, ‘damn,’ and you will have a good sentence.

Youth should be radical. Youth should demand change in the world. Youth should not accept the old order if the world is to move on.

Peace without justice is tyranny.