Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.- Herbert Hoover
With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character.
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.
The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.
Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.
Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
