Inside the polling booth every American man and woman stands as the equal of every other American man and woman. There they have no superiors. There they have no masters save their own minds and consciences.

Continued dependence on relief inducers a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber.

The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

The ultimate victory of tomorrow is democracy, and through democracy with education, for no people in all the world can be kept eternally ignorant or eternally enslaved.

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.