I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers at Main Street. For I have known that in the cottages that lay behind the street rested the strength of our national character.

There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.

No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.

The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.

I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.