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

Self-Government

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" All men are equal before fish. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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