Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.

The biggest corporation, like the humblest private citizen, must be held to strict compliance with the will of the people as expressed in the fundamental law.

I have had a great time as president.

We shall make mistakes; and if we let these mistakes frighten us from our work we shall show ourselves weaklings.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.

We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources ... But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil and the gas are exhausted.