Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

All men are equal before fish.

When all the routines and details and the human bores get on our nerves, we just yearn to go away from here to somewhere else. To go fishing is a sound, a valid, and an accepted reason for an escape. It requires no explanation.

America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios.