A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

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.

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

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

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.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

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

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

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