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The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.

No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.

We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.

The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women.

No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests of what makes free men.

Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.

We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government.

Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom.

We are indebted to the Book of books (Bible) for our national ideals and institution. Their preservation rests in adhering to it's precepts.

I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance both in act and in spirit.

I am interested to learn that a group of distinguished men and women is to be formed to spread knowledge and appreciation of the rehabilitation which is going forward in Palestine under Jewish auspices, and to add my expression to the sentiment among our people in favor of the realization of the age-old aspirations of the Jewish people for the restoration of their national homeland.

I have on numerous occasions, as you know, expressed my sympathy in the establishment of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine and, despite the set-backs caused by the disorders there during the last few years, I have been heartened by the progress which has been made and by the remarkable accomplishments of the Jewish settlers in that country.

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.

In the larger view the major forces of the depression now lie outside of the United States, and our recuperation has been retarded by the unwarranted degree of fear and apprehension created by these outside forces.

Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.

If America is to be run by the people, it is the people who must think. And we do not need to put on sackcloth and ashes to think. Nor should our minds work like a sundial which records only sunshine. Our thinking must square against some lessons of history, some principles of government and morals, if we would preserve the rights and dignity of men to which this nation is dedicated.

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.