I believe in corporations. They are indispensable instruments of our modern civilization. But I believe they should be so regulated that they shall act for the interests of the community as a whole.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with dust and sweat; who strives valiantly; who errs and may fall again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.

It is not the critic who counts

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

A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet.