Mining Engineers

"The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office."

"Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one."

"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party."

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

"Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe."

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

"I outlived the bastards."

"I’m the only person of distinction who’s ever had a depression named for him."

"Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose."

"With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system."

"The swimming hole is still in use. It has the same mudbank. It is still impossible to dress without carrying mud home in one’s inner garments. As an engineer I could devise improvements for that swimming hole. But I doubt if the decrease in mother’s grief at the homecoming of muddy boys would compensate the inherent joys of getting muddy."