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

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

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

" We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation. "

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

" Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. "

" 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. "

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

" About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends. "

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

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

Self-Government

" One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class. "

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

" Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. "

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

" The human animal originally came from out-of-doors. When spring begins to move in his bones, he just must get out again. Moreover, as civilization, cement pavements, office buildings, radios have overwhelmed us, the need for regeneration has increased, and the impulses are even stronger. "

" 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. "

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

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

" It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war. "

" New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure. "

" All men are equal before fish. "

" 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. "

" There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation. "

" True liberal government is founded on the emancipation of men. "

" 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. "

" Free government is the most difficult of all government. But it is everlastingly true that the plain people will make fewer mistakes than any other group of men, no matter how powerful. "

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

" 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. "