“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.”

America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.

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

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.