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Character is destiny.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

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

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

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.

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.

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

There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.

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.

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.

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

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.

America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios.

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

My earliest realization of the stir of national life was the torch parade in the Garfield campaign. On that occasion, I was not only allowed out that night, but I saw the lamps being filled and lighted.

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

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

All men are equal before fish.

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

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

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

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

Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.

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

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.

The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

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

Free government is the most difficult of all government. But it is everlastingly true that the plain people will make fewer mistakes than any other group of men, no matter how powerful.

Engineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the world if more men had that sort of mental start in life even if they did not pursue the profession.

We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.

At 15 years of age, I left school to practice the profession of Office Boy in a business firm in Salem, Oregon.

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.

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

Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family.

The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.

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.

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

True liberal government is founded on the emancipation of men.

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.