An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.

Whether the succeeding generation is to be more virtuous than their predecessors, I cannot say; but I am sure they will have more worldly wisdom, and enough, I hope, to know that honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.