Thomas E. Dewey

“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”

“The future lies before us, like a field of fallen snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.”

“Our country is not Republican, it's not Democratic. It's an American country.”

“Government must be a living thing. The country is not the same as it was a century ago, or a generation ago.”

“I have said it before and I shall say it again: the vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice.”

“The first article of my faith is that the sole authority of government... springs from the consent of the governed.”

“Our government, of all governments, must be a government of laws and not of men.”

“The affairs of the world can be set straight only by the firmest and most determined opposition to the evil forces which have been unleashed on it.”

“I am for the two-party system. A new party, if it is to be successful, must be based on a new idea.”