Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.

Fishing is more than fish; it is the vitalizing lure to outdoor life.

Truly every generation discovers the world all new again and knows it can improve it.

When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.

My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere.

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

I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers at Main Street. For I have known that in the cottages that lay behind the street rested the strength of our national character.