Man must be doing something, or fancy that he is doing something, for in him throbs the creative impulse; the mere basker in the sunshine is not a natural, but an abnormal man.

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.

I propose to beg no question to shrink from no conclusion, but to follow truth wherever it may lead.

The people themselves must think, because the people alone can act.

We have made, and still are making, enormous advances on material lines. It is necessary that we commensurately advance on moral lines. Civilization, as it progresses, requires a higher conscience, a keener sense of justice, a warmer brotherhood, a wider, loftier, truer public spirit.

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.

He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of human knowledge, or gives to human life higher elevation or greater fullness - he is, in the larger meaning of the words, a " producer," a " working man," a " laborer," and is honestly earning honest wages.