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

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.

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

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.