An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

I've never been unemployed. I've never been very fully employed either.

The chief problem is, of course, whether the marching of the general spirit of things is heading consciously or sub- consciously toward an idea of extension of boundaries.

What I seek is the highest possible batting average.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.