Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
The business of America is business.
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.