Human nature provides sufficient distrust of all that is alien, so that there is no need of any artificial supply.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.

The door of opportunity swings wide open in our country. Through it, in constant flow, go those who toil. America recognizes no aristocracy save those who work. The badge of service is the sole requirement for admission to the ranks of our nobility.

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.

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

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