"I don't know as there is much of anything that I can say about Nicaragua."
"The marines are there simply for the protection of American and foreign lives and property wherever it may be necessary."
"Attention is again directed to the surplus problem of agriculture by the present cotton situation."
"It would be difficult to conceive of any modern activity which contributes more to the necessities and conveniences of life than transportation."
"It is axiomatic that no agricultural and industrial country can get the full benefit of its own advantages without a merchant marine."
"Failure to support the Constitution and observe the law ought not to be tolerated by public opinion."
"What I desire to advocate most earnestly is relief for the country from unnecessary tax burdens."
"Nothing is more destructive of the progress of the Nation than government extravagance."
"The important place which agriculture holds in the economic and social life of the Nation can not be overestimated."
"Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money."
"Several hundred thousands of them are on the payrolls of the United States Government."