Along this road of spending, the government either takes over, which is Socialism, or dictates institutional and economic life, which is Fascism.

Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.

The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.

Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.

I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers at Main Street. For I have known that in the cottages that lay behind the street rested the strength of our national character.

[N]o country can squander itself to prosperity on the ruin of its taxpayers.

More than ten million women march to work every morning side by side with the men. Steadily the importance of women is gaining notonly in the routine tasks of industry but in executive responsibility. I include also the woman who stays at home as the guardian of the welfare of the family. She is a partner in the job and wages. Women constitute a part of our industrial achievement.