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

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" The opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university. I began by working with my own hands for my daily bread. "

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

" Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. "

" At 15 years of age, I left school to practice the profession of Office Boy in a business firm in Salem, Oregon. "

" It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business. "

" I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. "

" 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 engineer performs many public functions from which he gets only philosophical satisfactions. Most people do not know it, but he is an economic and social force. "

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

" Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Upon the farm of the uncle with whom I lived, we did know of the mortgage as some dreadful damper on youthful hopes of things that could not be bought. I do have a vivid recollection that the major purpose of a farm was to produce a living right on the spot for the family. "

" Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved. "

" 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 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. "