“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.”

American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.

There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.

There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.

You don’t have to explain something you never said.

Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

The final solution for unemployment is work.

This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.

Duty is not collective; it is personal.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.