Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.

There is no escaping the fact that when the taxation of large incomes is excessive, they tend to disappear.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.