In my judgment, he is the best friend of the policy of conservation of natural resources who insists that every step taken in that direction should be within the law and buttressed by legal authority.
Letter to Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger on Coal Land Claims in Alaska
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Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.
I can not make myself a party to dealing with the industries of the country in this way.
The important thing is to get our tariff legislation out of the slough of guesswork and logrolling and ex parte statements of interested persons, and to establish that legislation on the basis of tested and determined facts.
This would impose a heavy burden on the administrative branch of the Government, create disastrous uncertainty in commercial circles, and lead to a burdensome amount of litigation.
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