When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

I turn, then, and look to the American people and to that God who has never forsaken them.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper.