“I let the American people down.”

“We are faced this year with the choice between the "work ethic" that built this Nation's character and the new "welfare ethic" that could cause that American character to weaken.”

“I really believe life is simple. It's all the other people that make things complicated.”

“The average American is just like the child in the family. You give him some responsibility and he is going to amount to something. He is going to do something. If, on the other hand, you make him completely dependent and pamper him and cater to him too much, you are going to make him soft, spoiled and eventually a very weak individual.”

“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

“I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.”

“If I had feelings, I probably wouldn’t have even survived.”