We should never fear to negotiate, nor negotiate from fear.

I believe in a sound, strong environmental policy that protects the health of our people and a wise stewardship of our nation's natural resources.

If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.

The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges, and other projects... It gave men and women a chance to make some money along with the satisfaction of knowing they earned it.

The people's instincts are still right. You see them come to the rescue of someone-a child who falls down a well-hundreds of people rush to help, and labor and equipment are volunteered without any thought of who's going to pay for it. This is a basic feeling in Americans. They don't stand back in such a circumstance and ask what the government's going to do about it.

I've heard drug experts say they believe if penicillin were discovered today, the FDA wouldn't license it.