My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere.

Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)

Hunger is the mother of anarchy.

Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.

If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated, and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish.

The more complex the problems of the Nation become, the greater is the need for more and more advanced instruction.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.