Private enterprise is ceasing to be free enterprise.

The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of a sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America.

...Since 1775 the United States Marines have upheld a fine tradition of service to their country. They are doing so today. I am confident they will continue to do so.

We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.... [The organized moneyed people] are unanimous in their hate for me and I welcome their hatred.... I should like to have it said of my second administration that these forces met their master.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.