America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce.

Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.

A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great men to come, who shall be able to instruct, to lead, and to inspire. A people who worship at the shrine of true greatness will themselves be truly great.

Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amount of hard work that is put into it.

Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and in bad. They therefore need a wide margin of safety. If taxes and debt are made all the people can bear when times are good, there will be certain disaster when times are bad.

School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . .