We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.
To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.
Honesty first; then courage; then brains – and all are indispensable.
There is no effort without error or shortcoming.
The nation behaves well if it treats natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.
It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men’s lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
What a man does for himself, dies with him. What a man does for his community lives long after he’s gone.
Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life time.
We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground.
For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.
There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.
We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!