I can not approve the principle of authorizing an appropriation for national defense unless the sums appropriated are to be expended under t...
The method of appointment of Federal officers is clearly defined by Article II, sections 1 and 2, of the Constitution of the United States.
I hope that none of the members of the Congress will be misled by any rumors of that kind.
I hope they may pass some reasonable farm legislation, but I am afraid that the present bill will not meet what I held to be the requirement...
That seems to be due in large part to the attitude of those that are interested in the lumber companies.
I don't know of any proposal that has been made, certainly since I have been President, and I doubt if any was ever made, of such an extorti...
I have talked with some of the leaders of the House relative to the flood control bill.
I don't think the Senate understood it, what its implications were, or what is behind it.
I don't think that in passing a bill of this kind the opportunity should be seized on to put the Government in a position where it would hav...
It was obvious that the farther away from them the power of government was located, and the less control they had over it, the more danger t...
Such actions are always taken on the assumption that they are a public benefit.
No more enticing subject for discussion exists than the success with which our country has been blessed from the Revolutionary period down t...
We have built our institutions around the rights of the individual.
We reach the conclusion that it is desirable to understand the principles and policies which have contributed to our success and attempt to ...
Measured by that standard, the results are exceedingly satisfactory.
Without clear comprehension of the direction from which we have come, we can not chart the direction in which we should go.
If the American Revolution had one note that was more dominant than another, it was the principle that the people were competent to run thei...
It is impossible to comprehend the problems of the present without being informed concerning the problems of the past.
