“Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.”

“My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness.”

“Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”

“The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.”

“Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.”

“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”

“Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.”

“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”