It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it, they pay the penalty, but compared with the mistakes which have been made by every kind of autocracy they are unimportant.

Anytime you don't want anything you get it.

No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people.

We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.

Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.