Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.
In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.
I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind.
I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.
I have tried so hard to do right.
I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.
A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.
Honor lies in honest toil.
He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor.
The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.
After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought forth.
Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.
Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder if it is not all a dream.