“A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.”

“I hope for some sort of peace—but I fear that machines are ahead of morals by some centuries and when morals catch up there'll be no reason for any of it.”

“The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.”

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.”

“Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.”

“On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to this government's farm policy. On the other hand, the Republicans are telling the farmers that the high cost of manufactured goods on the farm is due to this government's labor policy.That's plain hokum. It's an old political trick: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em." But this time it won't work.”

“Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don't talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged.”