"I can not approve the principle of authorizing an appropriation for national defense unless the sums appropriated are to be expended under the immediate direction and supervision of those charged with the defense plans of the Nation."
"The method of appointment of Federal officers is clearly defined by Article II, sections 1 and 2, of the Constitution of the United States."
"I hope they may pass some reasonable farm legislation, but I am afraid that the present bill will not meet what I held to be the requirements."
"I hope that none of the members of the Congress will be misled by any rumors of that kind."
"I have talked with some of the leaders of the House relative to the flood control bill."
"I don't think that in passing a bill of this kind the opportunity should be seized on to put the Government in a position where it would have to endow them with very large damages."
"I don't think the Senate understood it, what its implications were, or what is behind it."
"That seems to be due in large part to the attitude of those that are interested in the lumber companies."
"I don't know of any proposal that has been made, certainly since I have been President, and I doubt if any was ever made, of such an extortionate nature as that provided for in the bill passed by the ..."
"It was obvious that the farther away from them the power of government was located, and the less control they had over it, the more danger there was that it would be exercised arbitrarily and despotic..."
"Such actions are always taken on the assumption that they are a public benefit."