Warren G. Harding

Our supreme task is the resumption of our onward, normal way.

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today.

There is no instant step from disorder to order.

There is no short cut to the making of these ideals into glad realities.

If I felt that there is to be sole responsibility in the Executive for the America of tomorrow I should shrink from the burden.