The spark of liberty in the mind and spirit of man cannot be long extinguished; it will break into flames that will destroy every coercion which seems to limit it.

Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.

The outlook of the world today is for the greatest era of commercial expansion in history. The rest of the world will become better customers.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

I want more runs in baseball itself. When you were raised on a sandlot, where the scores ran twenty-three to sixty-one, you yearn for something more than a five to two score. You know as well as I do that the excitement, temperature and decibels of any big game today rise instantly when there is someone on base. It reaches ecstasy when somebody makes a run.

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

[Professional engineers] must for years abandon their white collars except for Sunday.