Let us keep before us the fact that, almost without exception, every race or nation that has ever got upon its feet has done so through struggle and trial and persecution; and that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.

We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

My whole life has largely been one of surprises.