But I would emphasize again that social and economic solutions, as such, will not avail to satisfy the aspirations of the people unless they conform with the traditions of our race, deeply grooved in their sentiments through a century and a half of struggle for ideals of life that are rooted in religion and fed from purely spiritual springs.

Every generation has the right to build its own world out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of the future.

Three qualities of greatness stood out in Woodrow Wilson. He was a man of staunch morals. He was more than just an idealist; he was the personification of the heritage of idealism of the American people. He brought spiritual concepts to the peace table. He was a born crusader.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

The most essential factor to economic recovery today [1932] is the restoration of confidence.

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

Free speech does not live many hours after free industry and free commerce die.