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.

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.

The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise.

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

True American Liberalism utterly denies the whole creed of socialism.

Baseball is the greatest of all team sports.