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.

The party should stand for a constantly wider diffusion of property. That is the greatest social and economic security that can come to free men. It makes free men. We want a nation of proprietors, not a state of collectivists. That is attained by creating a national wealth and income, not by destroying it. The income and estate taxes create an orderly movement to diffuse swollen fortunes more effectively than all the quacks.

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

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.

I want more runs in baseball itself. When you were raised on a sandlot, where the scores ran twenty-three to sixty-one, you yearn for something more than a five to two score. You know as well as I do that the excitement, temperature and decibels of any big game today rise instantly when there is someone on base. It reaches ecstasy when somebody makes a run.

One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.