You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence

If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me

Only events and not a man's exertions in his own behalf, can make a President

The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.