There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes.

No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has ever been adopted which did not result in bureaucracy, tyranny, inflexibility, reaction, and decline.

One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.

I guess I am not naturally energetic. I like to sit around and talk.

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

Realizing that we can not live unto ourselves alone, we have contributed of our resources and our counsel to the relief of the suffering and the settlement of the disputes among the European nations. Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.