Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

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

Inflation is repudiation.

Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and in bad. They therefore need a wide margin of safety. If taxes and debt are made all the people can bear when times are good, there will be certain disaster when times are bad.

The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases.

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.

You know, I have found in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.