The basis of successful relief in national distress is to mobilize and organize the infinite number of agencies of self help in the community. That has been the American way.

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

The spiritual uplift, the goodwill, cheerfulness and optimism that accompanies every expedition to the outdoors is the peculiar spirit that our people need in times of suspicion and doubt...No other organized joy has values comparable to the outdoor experience.

The most essential factor to economic recovery today [1932] is the restoration of confidence.

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of the sacredness of every human life. On the religious side, its highest embodiment is the Bible; on the political side, the Constitution.

Sportsmanship, next to the Church, is the greatest teacher of morals.