In my opinion the Government can do more to remedy the economic ills of the people by rigid economy in public expenditure than through any other action.
The nation holds a position unsurpassed in all former human experience.
The march of invention is faster in our days than ever before.
Our country is a peculiarly favored one.
We have the high cost of government to diminish, and we are diminishing it.
It is determined to advance in an orderly, sound and common-sense way.
It is axiomatic that our country cannot stand still.
I want the people of all the earth to see in the American flag the symbol of a Government which intends no oppression at home and no aggress...
These are the very foundations of America.
It is particularly true that Government business should be placed on a basis of rigid economy.
To know all is to forgive all.