Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

Prosperity is no idle expression. It is a job for every worker; it is the safety and safeguard of very business and every home. A continuation of the policies of the Republican party is fundamentally necessary to the future advancement of this progress and to the further building up of this prosperity.

Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are the freshest from the hand of god.

The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people. Within it is room for every variety of opinion, every possible experiment in social progress. Out of such variety comes growth, but only if we preserve and maintain our spiritual solidarity.

Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.