I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward through the ranks.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.

Dealing with the State Department is like watching an elephant become pregnant.

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.

The function of Government must be to favor no small group at the expense of its duty to protect the rights of personal freedom and of private property of all its citizens.