A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.

There never is a convenient place to fight a war when the other man starts it.

The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first time, Roosevelt and Churchill are meeting face to face in this war.

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.

I don't think we have to have a personal relation to a life lost to understand that something terrible has taken place, especially in the context of war.