The world is full of educated derelicts.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, however it might be received in some other quarters, could not possibly be permitted by one who feels a responsibility for living up to the traditions and maintaining the principles of the Republican Party. Our Constitution guarantees equal rights to all our citizens, without discrimination on account of race or color. I have taken my oath to support that Constitution.

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

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.

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

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.