Do the day's work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to help a powerful corporation better to serve the people, whatever the opposition, do that. Expect to be called a stand-patter, but don't be a stand-patter. Expect to be called a demagogue, but don't be a demagogue. Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table. Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Don't hurry to legislate. Give administration a chance to catch up with legislation.

Nature is inexorable. If men do not follow the truth they cannot live.

Nobody will ever forget what I've accomplished.

Business will be either better or worse.

The business of America is business.

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.