It seems to me probable that of all our economic life the element on which we are inclined to place too low an estimate is advertising.

The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.

It is accordance with our determination to refrain from aggression and build up a sentiment and practice among nations more favorable to peace, that we ratified a treaty for the limitation of naval armaments made in 1921, earnestly sought for a further extension of this principle in 1927, and have secured the consent of fourteen important nations to the negotiation of a treaty condemning recourse to war, renouncing it is an instrument of national policy, and pledging each other to seek no solution of their disagreements except by pacific means.

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

The world is full of educated derelicts.