Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost.

Even if security from the cradle to the grave could eliminate [all] the risks of life, it would [still] be a dead hand on the creative spirit of the American people.

There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.