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.

My generation has failed miserably. We've failed because of lack of courage and vision. It requires more courage to keep the peace than to go to war.

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

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

It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.

Science knows no politics. Are we in this frenzy of [the Depression] economy, brought about by those who control the wealth of this country, seeking to put a barrier on science and research for the paltry sum of $39,113 out of an appropriation of $100,000,000?

Only a well-fed, well-housed, well-schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.