The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant..

The most humble research scientist in the Department of Agriculture is at this time contributing more to this country than the most useful member of ….

I am sorry that the distinguished leader of the Republican Party in the House states that he is not versed in botany and publicly admits that he does….

Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement..

The drys seemingly are afraid of the truth. Why not take inventory and ascertain the true conditions. Let us not leave it to the charge of an antipro….

It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat..

God took the beauty of the Bay of Naples, the Valley of the Nile, the Swiss Alps, the Hudson River Valley, rolled them into one and made San Francisc….

We have had two chickens in every pot, two cars in every garage, and now we have two headaches for every aspirin..

You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land..

Science knows no politics. Are we in this frenzy of [the Depression] economy, brought about by those who control the wealth of this country, seeking ….

It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country..

My generation has failed miserably. We've failed because of lack of courage and vision. It requires more courage to keep the peace than to go to war..

I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly..

Only a well-fed, well-housed, well-schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty..

An industry that cannot pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist..

When I make a mistake, it's a beauty!.

Politics is very much like taxes - everybody is against them, or everybody is for them as long as they don't apply to him.

There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets..