"So I will have to talk with the two Senators and see what I can find out about the situation."
"I think it is due to me when I make a statement that they [the members of the conference] wait to see what the statement is before they rush out."
"I do not think Mr. Warren wants to take a recess appointment."
"I haven't reached any final decision about the Attorney General."
"Now, of course I have to appoint human beings to office."
"I want to see a further limitation of naval armament."
"I think the Senate ought to realize that I have to have about me those in whom I have confidence; and unless they find a real blemish on a man, I do not think they ought to make partisan politics out ..."
"Well, I think that his qualifications ought to be presented to the Senate and go into the record, and that is one of the reasons why I have re-submitted his name."
"I thought that he was a man of high character, eminence at the bar, and great ability, and would make a fine Attorney General."
"I want them to be honest and conscientious and desirous of performing public service, but I cannot find any men who quite come up to that standard and I doubt if there are any in existence."
"I haven't thought much, if anything, about a recess appointment."
"Of course, we want to withdraw."
"It will be opened at the first chapter of John, which happens to be the first chapter of the Bible that I can recall reading."
"I shall take the oath of office tomorrow on a Bible that was given to me by my grandmother."
"That was the family Bible to which I referred the other day."
"My grandfather was ill for a long time before he passed away and I used to read that chapter of the Bible to him when I was a small boy not more than four or five years old."
"I have a good deal of sympathy with them and wish they would do more than they do."
"They made some recommendations about legislation."
