The chief business of the American people is business.

The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil. It can provide no substitute for the rewards of service. It can, of course, care for the defective and recognize distinguished merit. The normal must care for themselves. Self-government means self-support.

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

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.