"I have often wondered if I did the right thing. But I am sure I did. There was no other choice."

"I don't give a damn what the papers say. I'm going to do what I think is right."

"I've no patience with people who are always whining about the Negro problem. We've got a Negro problem because the Negroes are not yet equal to white people in intelligence and civilization. But they …"

"I'm not a politician by trade. I'm a farmer and a soldier and a politician by necessity."

"I have found that the greatest problem in the world is to get people to understand each other."