We supported the cooperative movement among farmers. The movement was still young and stubbornly opposed to the commercial distributors. I believed it to be one of the most helpful undertakings, for according to my social theories any organization run by citizens for their own welfare is preferable to the same action by the government.

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.

Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.

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.

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.