To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And it is discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.

The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

All progress and growth is a matter of change, but change must be growth within our social and government concepts if it should not destroy them.

You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts.... Every step in that direction poisons the very roots of liberalism. It poisons political equality, free speech, free press, and equality of opportunity. It is the road not to more liberty but to less liberty.