I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence.
The priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his high store of idealism, his affections and his hopes. When we preserve these, we have made men. We have made citizens and we have made Americans.
Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are the freshest from the hand of god.
The spark of liberty in the mind and spirit of man cannot be long extinguished; it will break into flames that will destroy every coercion which seems to limit it.
Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost.
The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.
Through baseball we channel boys desire for exercise and let off their explosive violence without letting them get into the police court.
So far as the personal side is concerned, the victory was to him who lost and the defeat to him who won. I can say that never in the last fifteen years have I had the peace of mind that I have since the election. I have almost a feeling of elation.
The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.
I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was no good.
Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of EMERGENCY.
Truly every generation discovers the world all new again and knows it can improve it.
One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.
Along with currency manipulation, the New Deal introduced to Americans the spectacle of Fascist dictation to business, labor, and agriculture.
Our individualism is rooted in our very nature. It is based on conviction born of experience. Equal opportunity, the demand for a fair chance, became the formula of American Individualism because it is the method of American achievement.
Never worry about anything that is past. Charge it up to experience and forget the trouble. There are always plenty of troubles ahead, so don’t turn and look back on any behind you.
Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.
In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.
It is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a symbol of the nation and that leaders in a nation may differ in their own house but they have instant solidarity in the presence of foreign attack.
I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.