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

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

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

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

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

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

Self-Government

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. "

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

" Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom. "

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

" I am no supporter of factory labor for children, but I have never joined with those who clamored against proper work of children on farms outside their school hours. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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