I have been thinking a lot about these things as I have come to the realization of the tremendous responsibilities which rest upon me. It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God. I am bound to believe that in a tumultuous age like ours the most important and imperative duty is the reconstruction of humanity to Almighty God.

He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker.

There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock.

In the experiences of a year of the Presidency, there has come to me no other such unwelcome impression as the manifest religious intolerance which exists among many of our citizens. I hold it to be a menace to the very liberties we boast and cherish.

Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend

I couldn't catch a ball or any of that stuff. I could do only what required brute stupidity.

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.