In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Necessitous men are not free men.

I am accustomed to hearing malicious falsehoods about myself . . . But I think I have a right to resent, to object to libelous statements about my dog.

The people of America are in agreement in defending their liberties at any cost, and the first line of that defense lies in the protection of economic security.

Forests are the lungs of our land.

I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.

The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.