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

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When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

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Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

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It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

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New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

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When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

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About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

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Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.

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It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

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Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness.

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Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

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Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

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Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

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Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.

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Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

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

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All men are equal before fish.

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The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.

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