Our individualism is rooted in our very nature. It is based on conviction born of experience. Equal opportunity, the demand for a fair chance, became the formula of American Individualism because it is the method of American achievement.

The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.

The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

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

Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.

It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then it elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts of life. That is the engineer's high privilege.

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