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

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" Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution. "

" 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 slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage. "

" 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. "

" The Ritz Hotel has never yet provided game of such wondrous flavor as the bird plucked and half-cooked over the small boys' camp fire. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

Self-Government

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

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

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

" The spirit of liberalism is to create free men; it is not the regimentation of men. "

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

" 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. "

" The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. "

" 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. "

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

" When all the routines and details and the human bores get on our nerves, we just yearn to go away from here to somewhere else. To go fishing is a sound, a valid, and an accepted reason for an escape. It requires no explanation. "