When we undertake the impossible, we often fail to do anything at all.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.

Unrestrained greed means the ruin of the great woods and the drying up of the sources of the rivers.

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else

The American people abhor a vacuum.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.