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.

The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.

Well, farmers never have made money. I don't believe we can do much about it. But of course we will have to seem to be doing something; do the best we can and without much hope. The life of the farmer has its compensations but it has always been one of hardship.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.

The only difference between a mob and a trained army is organization.

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.

The Jews themselves, of whom a considerable number were already scattered throughout the colonies, were true to the teachings of their prophets. The Jewish faith is predominantly the faith of liberty.