An ideal is an unselfish aspiration. Its purpose is the general welfare not only of this but of future generations. It is a thing of the spirit. It is a generous and humane desire that all men may share equally in a common good. Our ideals are the cement, which binds human society.

Any practice of business which would dominate the country by its own selfish interest is a destruction of equality of opportunity. Government in business, except in emergency, is also a destruction of equal opportunity and the incarnation of tyranny through bureaucracy.

The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children.

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

While I can make no claim for having introduced the term "rugged individualism," I should be proud to have invented it. It has been used by American leaders for over a half-century in eulogy of those God-fearing men and women of honesty whose stamina and character and fearless assertion of rights led them to make their own way in life.