In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

The prohibition amendment to the Constitution requires the Congress. and the President to provide adequate laws to prevent its violation. It is my duty to enforce such laws.To prevent smuggling, the Coast Card should be greatly strengthened, and a supply of swift power boats should be provided. The major sources of production should be rigidly regulated, and every effort should be made to suppress interstate traffic... It is the duty of a citizen not only to observe the law but to let it be known that he is opposed to its violation.

Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.

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

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.