I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.

In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By "business" I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living.

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.

I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again.