Even if security from the cradle to the grave could eliminate [all] the risks of life, it would [still] be a dead hand on the creative spirit of the American people.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)

The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.

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

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.

No prosaic description can portray the grandeur of 40 miles of rugged mountains rising beyond a placid lake in which each shadowy precipice and each purple gorge is reflected with a vividness that rivals the original.