In all the thrashing about that results from our dwindling gold reserves, it's about time that this country and other countries get some perspective on the situation. The day this country is out of the stuff, that day gold becomes what it's worth as a metal and no longer will have much significance as a monetary measurement. It isn't the gold we have that makes this nation rich. It's what we make, our knowhow, our productivity. So long as this country produces more and better, the world will continue to want what we make.

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

Clout is something some seem to have-until they try exercising it.

Most of us are better when things go better.

Listening to advice often accomplishes far more than heeding it.

You have to come up in the world before it's worthwhile for those worth less to put you down.

Knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time.