I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all the people.

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

[The reason a man has] so much trouble with the Senate is that there isn't a man in the Senate who doesn't think he is better suited to be President than the President, and thinks he might have been President except for luck.

Look well to the hearthstone; therein all hope for America lies.

I cannot think of anything characteristically American that was not produced by toil. I cannot think of any American man or woman preeminent in the history of our nation who did not reach their place through toil. I cannot think of anything that represents the American people as a whole so adequately as honest work.

Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as comports with the dignity and security of a great people.

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.