I would never make a good economist. You know, an economist is a man that can tell you anything about — well, he will tell you what can happen under any given condition — and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's, too.

When you're through learning, you're through.

The trouble with Democrats is that they all want to run for President

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid.

Shrewdness in public life all over the world is always honored, while honesty in public men is generally attributed to dumbness and is seldom rewarded.

The rest of the people know the condition of the country, for they live in it, but Congress has no idea what is going on in America, so the President has to tell 'em.