Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.
The man who builds a factory, builds a temple.
Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.
History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean large payrolls.
The door of opportunity swings wide open in our country. Through it, in constant flow, go those who toil. America recognizes no aristocracy save those who work. The badge of service is the sole requirement for admission to the ranks of our nobility.
Theodore Roosevelt was always getting himself in hot water by talking before he had to commit himself upon issues not well-defined.
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.
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.