It is equally clear that a government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must be independent and free within his own sphere or cease to be an individual. The fundamental question was then, is now, and always will be through what adjustments, by what actions, these principles may be applied.

One with the law is a majority.

American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.

It has become the custom in our country to expect all Chief Executives, from the President down, to conduct activities analogous to an entertainment bureau. No occasion is too trivial for its promoters to invite them to attend and deliver an address.

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

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