One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path.

Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute the life of a free society.

Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.

If you make 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law.