I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
“I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.”
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I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.
“I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.”
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“I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.”
“Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.”
“I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries - the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.”
“The engineer performs many public functions from which he gets only philosophical satisfactions. Most people do not know it, but he is an economic and social force.”
“Engineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the world if more men had that sort of mental start in life even if they did not pursue the profession.”
“Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.”
“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.”
“Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.”
“If I could apologise and go back and change history I would do. But the goal is still a goal, Argentina became world champions and I was the best player in the world.”
“That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.”
“The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.”
“The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.”