"Our generation will not soon forget, as the learned the world over will long remember, his extraordinary achievements as judge, as historian, and as philosopher of the law."
"For him law was an instrument of just relations between man and man."
"We also mark for posterity our pride in his faith in American democracy, his confidence in the power of our legal institutions to realize, when rightly used, the highest American ideals."
"Mr. Justice Holmes was fond of saying that we live by symbols."
"Clearly he thereby sought, with a generous emphasis, to mark the full measure of his faith in those principles of freedom and justice which the country was founded to preserve."
"I hereby appoint Frank C. Walker as Executive Director of the National Emergency Council."
"On this plan was the United States built; on the plan of this Ordinance we have, State by State, filled in the geographic frame of our domain; and from it we have had no occasion to depart."
"The principles therein embodied served as the highway, broad and safe, over which poured the westward march of our civilization."
"I trust that this forthcoming anniversary will be seized as the opportune occasion to instil in American minds and hearts the cherished appreciation of the rank and honor that is the rightful due of t..."
"I ask the continued cooperation of the press."
"Together, continue the battle against depression until there is a real national recovery on all fronts."