I like people in the cities, in the States and in the Nation to ask themselves now and then: What can I do for my city? not How much can I get out of my city? I like people to speak now and then in the same devotion to State and Nation, because, after all, my countrymen, whenever a man contributes to the betterment of his community, whenever he contributes to the enlarged influence of his State, whenever he contributes to the greater glory of the Republic and makes it a better place in which to live and in which to invite men to participate and aspire, he contributes to himself as he contributes to the welfare of his fellow men.
—Warren G. Harding
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 floor nights!
—Warren G. Harding
Topics: Enemies, Enemy, Friendship
There’s good in everybody. Boost. Don’t knock.
—Warren G. Harding
Topics: Kindness
I have always believed in the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, whereby they have become the expression to man of the Word and Will of God.
—Warren G. Harding
Topics: Bible
Standing in this presence, mindful of the solemnity of this occasion, feeling the emotions which no one may know until he senses the great weight of responsibility for himself, I must utter my belief in the divine inspiration of the founding fathers.
—Warren G. Harding
America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
—Warren G. Harding
Topics: America
The success of our popular government rests wholly upon the correct interpretation of the deliberate, intelligent, dependable popular will of America.
—Warren G. Harding
We must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.
—Warren G. Harding
Topics: Service
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