Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action. It is not adopted in criticism of others in the slightest degree, but solely for the purpose of protecting ourselves. We cast no aspersions on any race or creed, but we must remember that every object of our institutions of society and government will fail unless America be kept American.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.

A colored man is precisely as much entitled to submit his candidacy in a party primary, as is any other citizen. The decision must be made by the constituents to whom he offers himself, and by nobody else.

The country is not in good condition.

Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.