Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

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

Changing a college curriculum is like moving a graveyard-you never know how many friends the dead have until you try to move them!

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

The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.

One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.