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.

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

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom. Whether it be of law, business, morals...he who seeks for guidance...may look inside its covers and find illumination...

You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts.... Every step in that direction poisons the very roots of liberalism. It poisons political equality, free speech, free press, and equality of opportunity. It is the road not to more liberty but to less liberty.

There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.

We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.