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

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

" This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character. "

" 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. "

" When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. "

" Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense. "

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

" 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. "

" When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My earliest realization of the stir of national life was the torch parade in the Garfield campaign. On that occasion, I was not only allowed out that night, but I saw the lamps being filled and lighted. "

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

" Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate. "

Self-Government

" If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end. "

" Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty. "

" America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios. "

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

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

" No public man can be just a little crooked. "

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

" Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. "

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

" There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. "

" 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. "

" It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own. "

" Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family. "

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

" Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. "

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