While I do not think it was so intended I have always been of the opinion that this turned out to be much the best for me. I had no national experience. What I have ever been able to do has been the result of first learning how to do it. I am not gifted with intuition. I need not only hard work but experience to be ready to solve problems. The Presidents who have gone to Washington without first having held some national office have been at great disadvantage.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

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

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.