It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.

Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels of international commerce.

We are going to tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

To reach a port we must set sail