We Cannot Change Ideas In The Minds

Once Upon A Time My Political Opponents Honored Me As Possessing The Fabulous Intellectual And Economic Power By Which I Created A Worldwide Depression All By Myself.

I Am Firmly Opposed To The Government Entering Into Any Business The Major Purpose Of Which Is Competition With Our Citizens... For The Federal Government Deliberately To Go Out To Build Up And Expand... A Power And Manufacturing Business Is To Break Down The Initiative And Enterprise Of The American People; It Is The Destruction Of Equality Of Opportunity Amongst Our People, It Is The Negation Of The Ideals Upon Which Our Civilization Has Been Based.

No Prosaic Description Can Portray The Grandeur Of 40 Miles Of Rugged Mountains Rising Beyond A Placid Lake In Which Each Shadowy Precipice And Each Purple Gorge Is Reflected With A Vividness That Rivals The Original.

The Imperative Need Of This Nation At All Times Is The Leadership Of Uncommon Men Or Women.

We Cannot Change Ideas In The Minds Of Men And Races With Machine Guns Or Battle Ships.