The flame of Christian ethics is still our highest guide.

We used to be a source of fuel; we are increasingly becoming a sink. These supplies of foreign liquid fuel are no doubt vital to our industry, but our ever-increasing dependence upon them ought to arouse serious and timely reflection. The scientific utilisation, by liquefaction, pulverisation and other processes, or our vast and magnificent deposits of coal, constitutes a national object of prime importance.

I am all for your using machines, but do not let them use you.

The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.

Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have.

The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.

The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer - not even here where we sedulously cultivate it even in its most repulsive form.