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

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" Self-government does not and should not imply the use of political agencies alone. Progress is born of cooperation in the community - not from governmental restraints. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" At 17, I went to Stanford University to study engineering. My time was occupied with the required reading and the extracurricular duties of managing the baseball and football teams and earning my way. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Children are our most valuable natural resource. "

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

" America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "