The chief business of the American people is business.

Nations are beginning to look to some vague organization, some nebulous course of humanity, to pay their bills and tell them what to do. This is not local self-government. It is not American. It is not the method which has made this country what it is. We can not maintain the western standard of civilization on that theory. If it is supported at all, it will have to be supported on the principle of individual responsibility.

Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity.

The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.

We cannot weaken or destroy political parties in ther United States without weakening or destroying the rule of the people.... Those who support party organization and submit to party discipline are supporting the only course yet discovered for orderly government by the people.

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

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.