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.

It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.

Once in the racket you're always in it.

They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money.

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.

I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.

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