Warren G. Harding

“I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.”

“America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.”

“Inherent rights are from God, and the tragedies of the world originate in their attempted denial.”

“I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.”

“Honesty is the great essential. It exalts the individual citizenship, and, without honesty, no man deserves the confidence of the people in private pursuit or in public office.”

“I have no trouble with my enemies - I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends... They're the ones that keep me walking the floors at night!”