The country is not in good condition.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
Industry cannot flourish if labor languish.