I returned to the white House after midnight more depressed than ever before. I had long since arranged to attend the World Series in Philadelphia the next day. Although I like baseball, I kept this engagement only because I felt that my presence at a sporting event might be a gesture of reassurance to a country suffering from a severe attack of 'jitters.'

The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.

The joys of fishing are not confined to the hours near the water.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

The outlook of the world today is for the greatest era of commercial expansion in history. The rest of the world will become better customers.

One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.