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" America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. "

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Self-Government

" We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants. "

" A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus. "

" Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury. "

" No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. "

" I am no supporter of factory labor for children, but I have never joined with those who clamored against proper work of children on farms outside their school hours. "

" While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States - that is, prosperity. "

" A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity. "

" Self-government does not and should not imply the use of political agencies alone. Progress is born of cooperation in the community - not from governmental restraints. "

" Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. "

" The United States fully accepts the profound truth that our own progress, prosperity, and peace are interlocked with the progress, prosperity, and peace of all humanity. "

" The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night. "

" The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul. "

" With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system. "

" Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves. "

" In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land. "

" Engineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the world if more men had that sort of mental start in life even if they did not pursue the profession. "

" The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. "

" Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress. "

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

" Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs. "

" The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law. "

" There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class. You may pigeonhole a man or woman as a farmer or a worker or a professional man or an employer or even a banker. But the son of the farmer will be a doctor or a worker or even a banker, and his daughter a teacher. The son of a worker will be an employer - or maybe president. "

" Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt. "

" The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders. "

" The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its charter of freedom. "

" Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe. "

" I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries - the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care. "

" The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people. "