Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody..

We have too much legislating by clamor, by tumult, by pressure. Representative government ceases when outside influence of any kind is substituted fo….

Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity..

Measured by the standards of men of their time, [the Pilgrims] were the humble of the earth. Measured by later accomplishments, they were the mighty.….

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospe….

That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad..

Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who b….

History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean large payro….

If the Government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control. While in th….

The benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all..

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct..

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things tha….

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war..

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you..

Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny..

I cannot think of anything characteristically American that was not produced by toil. I cannot think of any American man or woman preeminent in the h….

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 th….

To expect to increase prices and then to maintain them at a higher level by means of a plan which must of necessity increase production while decreas….

We have found that when men and women are left free to find the places for which they are best fitted, some few of them will indeed attain less exalt….

Works which endure come from the soul of the people. The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction. The humble walk hand in hand with providenc….

While legislation can stimulate and encourage, the real creative ability which builds up and develops the country, and in general makes human existen….