Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates were secured by increasing the bonded debt for current expenses or refusing to keep our institutions up to the standard in repairs, extensions, equipment, and accommodations. I refuse, and the Republican Party refuses, to endorse that method of sham and shoddy economy.

The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill. If we are to have a billion dollars of navy, half a billion of farm relief, etc... the people will have to furnish more revenue by paying more taxes. It is for them, through their Congress, to decide how far they wish to go.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

There is no substitute for a militant freedom.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

The only hope of a short war is to prepare for a long one.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.