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

The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute.

In my judgment it is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices ... Nor can any ecclesiastical organization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the National Government.

Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics.

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.