The priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his high store of idealism, his affections and his hopes. When we preserve these, we have made men. We have made citizens and we have made Americans.

The greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly its own - our American system.

I am interested to learn that a group of distinguished men and women is to be formed to spread knowledge and appreciation of the rehabilitation which is going forward in Palestine under Jewish auspices, and to add my expression to the sentiment among our people in favor of the realization of the age-old aspirations of the Jewish people for the restoration of their national homeland.

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.

Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.

Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!

The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources; in the prevention of wasteful practices.