We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
Money will not purchase character or good government.
Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases.
Nobody will ever forget what I’ve accomplished.
The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.
A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government...
The final solution for unemployment is work.
Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity.
The American Revolution represented the informed and mature convictions of a great mass of independent, liberty-loving, God-fearing people who knew their rights, and possessed the courage to dare to maintain them.
I guess I am not naturally energetic. I like to sit around and talk.
The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.
I always enjoy animal acts.
I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them.
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
Look well to the hearthstone; therein all hope for America lies.
The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive peoples.