Prosperity of the middling and lower orders depends upon the fortunes and light taxes of the rich.

If the spirit of business adventure is dulled, this country will cease to hold the foremost position in the world.

There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue.

I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism.

Every man wants to connect his life with something he thinks eternal.

A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money.

Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the taxpayer to withdraw his capital from productive business.

Strong men have sound ideas and the force to make these ideas effective.

A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues.

Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate.

Kids without dads are desperate and jealous. Those with dads can be uppity and sharp.

My night shall be remembered for a starThat outshone all the suns of all men's days

Man's inhumanity to man is not the last word. The truth lies deeper. It is economic slavery, the savage struggle for a crumb, that has converted mankind into wolves and sheep.

I don't want to make promises, not knowing what the situation's going to be three or four years out.

Coleridge declares that a man cannot have a good conscience who refuses apple dumplings, and I confess that I am of the same opinion.

Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

The genius which runs to madness is no longer genius.

I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding

An experience, perceptual or conceptual, must conform to reality in order to be true