The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damn greedy.

Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.

We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.

The sixth grade made my life successful by preparing me for the seventh and the seventh by preparing me for the eighth and so on. May it do the same for you.

Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of crime is among those deprived of the regenerations that impregnate the mind and character of the fisherman.

I returned to the white House after midnight more depressed than ever before. I had long since arranged to attend the World Series in Philadelphia the next day. Although I like baseball, I kept this engagement only because I felt that my presence at a sporting event might be a gesture of reassurance to a country suffering from a severe attack of 'jitters.'