The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all laws.

Through baseball we channel boys desire for exercise and let off their explosive violence without letting them get into the police court.

It is obvious that while science is struggling to bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in the construction of Hell.

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

I have on numerous occasions, as you know, expressed my sympathy in the establishment of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine and, despite the set-backs caused by the disorders there during the last few years, I have been heartened by the progress which has been made and by the remarkable accomplishments of the Jewish settlers in that country.

I suppose I could have called in the whole of the Army, but what was the use? All I had to do was call in Main Street itself.

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.