Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.

What do you imagine the American people would think of me if I wasted my time going to the ball game?

I have a Congress on my hands.

The paramount duty of maintaining public order and defending the interests of our own people may require the adoption of measures of restriction, but they should not tolerate the oppression of individuals of a special race.

It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite within recent memory when the same thing was said of immigrants who, with their descendants, are now numbered among our best citizens.