There is no reason for Americans to lack confidence in themselves or their institutions.

“There is no reason for Americans to lack confidence in themselves or their institutions. Let him who doubts them look about him. Let him consider the power of his country, its agriculture, its industry, its commerce, its development of the arts and sciences, its great cities, its enormous wealth, its organized society, and let him remember that all this is the accomplishment of but three centuries. Surely we must conclude that here is a people with a character which is not to be shaken.”
The Price of Freedom p. 181

"They criticize me for harping on the obvious; perhaps some day I'll write on the importance of the obvious."

“They criticize me for harping on the obvious; perhaps some day I'll write on the importance of the obvious. If all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.”