My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.

In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual welfare of our people. The participation of women in elections has produced a keener realization of the importance of these questions and has contributed to higher national ideals. Moreover, it is through them that our national ideals are ingrained in our children.

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

One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.

New discoveries in science and their flow of new inventions will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.