"On the whole the finances of the Government are most satisfactory."
"In accordance with the Mississippi flood law Army engineers are making investigations and surveys on other streams throughout the country with a view to flood control, navigation, waterpower, and irri..."
"The policy of restrictive immigration should be maintained."
"Peace and prosperity are not finalities; they are only methods."
"If it comes on Saturday, they want a holiday on Friday, and, of course they couldn't come back and travel on Sunday and so they want another holiday on Monday to get back on."
"Those are the only three that are to come up during my administration."
"But it really ought to be taken up and regulated by law, in order to prevent the President and the departments being subjected to pressure every time there is a holiday for additional leave of absence..."
"In the case of events that everybody knows will occur it ought either to be provided by law or not provided for at all."
"We are committed irrevocably to a balanced Budget and that carries the assurance that the only revision of our tax laws which will be considered is a revision downward."
"Our splendid Treasury is not a bottomless, automatically replenishing fountain of fiscal supply, and its outflow must be eternally watched and carefully and wisely directed into proper channels."
"The rapid and legitimate expansion of our air service, military and commercial, is an achievement in which we can all take pride."
"It is almost a slight on Congress to have a message generally distributed promiscuously around the country before it goes to the Congress itself."