 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. |
| Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. |
| No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. |
| Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. |
| About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends. |
| Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself. |
| The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul. |
| Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury. |
| Children are our most valuable natural resource. |
| Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. |
| When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. |
| Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs. |
| No public man can be just a little crooked. |
| The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. |
| I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. |
| Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt. |
