Although not a very old man, I have yet lived a great deal in my life, and I have known sorrow too bitter and joy too keen to allow me to become either cast down or elated for more than a very brief period over any success or defeat.

Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.

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

Kings and such are just as funny as politicians.

In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

We here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.

Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.