Few people are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application.

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . .

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more.

Silence can never be misquoted.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more meager. Every dollar that we save means that their life will be so much the more abundant. Economy is idealism in its most practical form.

The chief business of America is business.