The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.

No one ever lost his job by listening too much.

The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.