You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land.

I am sorry that the distinguished leader of the Republican Party in the House states that he is not versed in botany and publicly admits that he does not know anything of these terms or what it is all about; but, Mr. Chairman, it is indeed a sad day for the people of this country when we must close the doors of the laboratories doing research work for the people of the United States.

Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement.

It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country.

God took the beauty of the Bay of Naples, the Valley of the Nile, the Swiss Alps, the Hudson River Valley, rolled them into one and made San Francisco Bay.

I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.

The most humble research scientist in the Department of Agriculture is at this time contributing more to this country than the most useful member of Congress.