Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation, but ask the government to prevent panics. Now the only way to hold the government entirely responsible for conditions is to give up our liberty for a dictatorship. If we continue the more reasonable practice of managing our own affairs we must bear the burdens of our own mistakes. A free people cannot shift their responsibility for them to the government. Self-government means self-reliance.

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.

I shouldn't want you to be surprised, or to draw any particular inference from my making speeches, or not making speeches, out there. I don't recall any candidate for President that ever injured himself very much by not talking.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

Changing a college curriculum is like moving a graveyard-you never know how many friends the dead have until you try to move them!