One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.

If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.