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" With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" All men are equal before fish. "

" Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

" Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness. "

" Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. "

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

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

" 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. "