What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.

If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.

Never, never, you must never either of you remind a man at work on a political job that he may be President.

Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.

A churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the rapid downgrade.

It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.