The power to investigate is a great public trust.

Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.

Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness.

I became the head of the household. I went to school in the morning and sold wines all afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening.

The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.