No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

It is not the critic who counts

The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.

The public must retain control of the great waterways. It is essential that any permit to obstruct them for reasons and on conditions that seem good at the moment should be subject to revision when changed conditions demand.

Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.

With great victory comes great sacrifice.

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.