Never think oldish thoughts. It's oldish thoughts that make a person old.

A rigged convention is one with the other man's delegates in control. An open convention is when your delegates are in control.

We find the instinct to shut out competition deep-rooted even among banks and corporations, among corner grocers and haberdasheries, among peanut vendors and shoeshine boys-and even among young ladies in search of a husband.

The best advice I can give to any young man or young woman upon graduation from school can be summed up in exactly eight words, and they are-be honest with yourself and tell the truth.

Never think oldish thoughts. It's oldish thoughts that make a person old.

If the choice is given to us of liberty or security, we must scorn the latter with the proper contempt of free man and the sound judgment of wise men who know that liberty and security are not incompatible in the lives of honest men.