All growth depends upon activity.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.

A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange for a payment of money out of the Federal Treasury. Whenever they find some abuse needs correction in their neighborhood, instead of applying the remedy themselves they seek to have a tribunal sent on from Washington to discharge their duties for them, regardless of the fact that in accepting such supervision they are bartering away their freedom.

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

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.