Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed.

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . If the next centennial does not find us a great nation . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.