No investment on earth is so safe, so sure, so certain to enrich its owners as undeveloped realty. I always advise my friends to place their savings in realty near a growing city. There is no such savings bank anywhere.

It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.

The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned, even where there is not treaty stipulation on the subject.

Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder if it is not all a dream.

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.