I never trusted a man who never smoked or drank.

By adoption of these principles, the long-felt want for a uniform medium will be satisfied. The taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest, discounts, and exchanges. The financing of all public enterprises, the maintenance of stable government and ordered progress, and the conduct of the Treasury will become matters of practical administration. The people can and will be furnished with a currency as safe as their own government.

How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer.

Allow me to assure you, that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionall y decided there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.