Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

The New Deal repudiation of democracy has left the Republican Party alone the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant with its charter of freedom.

Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom.

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States - that is, prosperity.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class. You may pigeonhole a man or woman as a farmer or a worker or a professional man or an employer or even a banker. But the son of the farmer will be a doctor or a worker or even a banker, and his daughter a teacher. The son of a worker will be an employer - or maybe president.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

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.

Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

All men are equal before fish.

The spirit of liberalism is to create free men; it is not the regimentation of men.

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders.

Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries - the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

I have a family, loving aunts, and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything except my one true friend. All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time. I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem.

Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that 'a quiet conscience makes one strong!'

I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary, I treat all the privations as amusing.

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.