No public man can be just a little crooked.

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

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.

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.

The basis of successful relief in national distress is to mobilize and organize the infinite number of agencies of self help in the community. That has been the American way.

Bless the children, for the national debt is theirs.

There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.