Character is the only secure foundation of the state.
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
I think the Senate ought to realize that I have to have about me those in whom I have confidence; and unless they find a real blemish on a man, I do not think they ought to make partisan politics out of appointments to the Cabinet.
Business will be either better or worse.