Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

America... Cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. It is a declaration not of material but of spiritual conceptions. Equality, liberty, popular sovereignty, the rights of man - these are not elements which we can see and touch. They are ideals. They have their source and their roots in the religious convictions. They belong to the unseen world. Unless the faith of the American people in these religious convictions is to endure, the principles of our Declaration will perish. We can not continue to enjoy the result if we neglect and abandon the cause.

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 this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

It is necessary to have party organization if we are to have effective and efficient government. The only difference between a mob and a trained army is organization, and the only difference between a disorganized country and one that has the advantage of a wise and sound government is fundamentally a question of organization.

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.