Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.

No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil

Coincident with the right of individual property under the provisions of our Government is the right of individual property. . . . When once the right of the individual to liberty and equality is admitted, there is no escape from the conclusion that he alone is entitled to the rewards of his own industry. Any other conclusion would necessarily imply either privilege or servitude.

I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president, and I think I'll go along with them.

Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.

I cannot think of anything characteristically American that was not produced by toil. I cannot think of any American man or woman preeminent in the history of our nation who did not reach their place through toil. I cannot think of anything that represents the American people as a whole so adequately as honest work.

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