We need not concern ourselves much about rights of property if we faithfully observe the rights of persons.

Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races.

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.

You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.

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.

Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.