They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.

Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.

A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician. You can only get a little of his time because he spends so much time covering up that no one will know that he is a thief. A hard-working crook will-and can-get those birds by the dozen, but right down in his heart he won't depend on them-hates the sight of them.

Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.

Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can't afford to let it in...We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.