There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

The only hope of a short war is to prepare for a long one.

Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Look well to the hearthstone; therein all hope for America lies.

It would be difficult to conceive a finer example of true sport.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

I guess I am not naturally energetic. I like to sit around and talk.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

The only difference between a mob and a trained army is organization.

I did not see the sense in chasing a little white ball around a field.

Nature is inexorable. If men do not follow the truth they cannot live.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

The strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions.

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.

America... Cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion

Why don't we just buy one airplane and let the pilots take turns flying it.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

[Sun Yat-sen is a] combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.

There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.

Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.

If you can get enough votes so that mine will make a majority, you can have it.

There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.

Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.

The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.

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