Bless the children, for the national debt is theirs.

Every generation has the right to build its own world out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of the future.

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

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.

You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such an obligation upon any part of the American people. My country owes me no debt. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope. My whole life has taught me what America means. I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay.

Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.