The country is not in good condition.

If the Government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control. While in theory it is to serve the public, in practice it will be very largely serving private interests. It comes to be regarded as a species of government favor and those who are the most adroit get the larger part of it.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . .

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

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

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.