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

Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

I cannot think of anything characteristically American that was not produced by toil. I cannot think of any American man or woman preeminent in the history of our nation who did not reach their place through toil. I cannot think of anything that represents the American people as a whole so adequately as honest work.

You don't have to explain something you never said.

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.

The chief business of America is business.

Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.