Liberalism should be found not striving to spread bureaucracy but striving to set bounds to it. True liberalism seeks all legitimate freedom first in the confident belief that without such freedom the pursuit of all other blessings and benefits is vain. That belief is the foundation of all American progress, political as well as economic.

I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance both in act and in spirit.

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

American business needs a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism.

Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.

Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!