The broad rich acres of our agricultural plains have been long preserved by nature to become her untrammeled gift to a people civilized and free, upon which should rest, in well-distributed ownership, the numerous homes of enlightened, equal, and fraternal citizens... Nor should our vast tracts of so-called desert lands be yielded up to the monopoly of corporations or grasping individuals, as appears to be much the tendency under the existing statute.

Above all, tell the truth.

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters. Not only is their time and labor due to the government, but they should scrupulously avoid in their political action, as well as in the discharge of their official duty, offending by a display of obtrusive partisanship their neighbors who have relations with them as public officials.

Well, my dear fellow what did you expect, champagne?

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

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