History doesn't mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.

If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.

No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land.

Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.

To lift farm drudgery off flesh and blood and lay it on steel and motors has been my most constant ambition

I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it.