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

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

" There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class. You may pigeonhole a man or woman as a farmer or a worker or a professional man or an employer or even a banker. But the son of the farmer will be a doctor or a worker or even a banker, and his daughter a teacher. The son of a worker will be an employer - or maybe president. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Self-Government

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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