After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.

We live an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create the Declaration. Our Declaration created them. ... If we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it.

In other periods of depression, it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope, but as I look about, I now see nothing to give ground to hope-nothing of man.

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

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

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.