The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.

Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble

The friendless, the weak, the victims of prejudice and public excitement are entitled to the same quality of justice and fair play that the rich, the powerful, the well-connected, and the fellow with pull thinks he can get.

In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.

On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to this government's farm policy. On the other hand, the Republicans are telling the farmers that the high cost of manufactured goods on the farm is due to this government's labor policy. That's plain hokum. It's an old political trick: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em." But this time it won't work.

I said that an expert was a fella who was afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn't be an expert anymore.

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.