In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. It is a declaration not of material but of spiritual conceptions. Equality, liberty, popular sovereignty, the rights of man - these are not elements which we can see and touch. They are ideals. They have their source and their roots in the religious convictions. They belong to the unseen world. Unless the faith of the American people in these religious convictions is to endure, the principles of our Declaration will perish. We can not continue to enjoy the result if we neglect and abandon the cause.

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

Theodore Roosevelt was always getting himself in hot water by talking before he had to commit himself upon issues not well-defined.

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

Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.

Anytime you don't want anything you get it.

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