Preparation for defense is an inalienable prerogative of a sovereign state.

There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbal of the great human principle.

A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.

A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man"

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

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

Economic diseases are highly communicable. It follows therefore that the economic health of every country is a proper matter of concern to all its neighbors, near or distant.