What I have advocated is not wild radicalism. It is the highest and wisest kind of conservatism.

The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time.

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

I do not dislike but I certainly have no especial respect or admiration for and no trust in, the typical big moneyed men of my country. I do not regard them as furnishing sound opinion as respects either foreign or domestic business.

Silent strength is the quality of all good men and most mummies.

I ask of each Mason, of each member, of each brother, that he shall remember ever that there is upon him a peculiar obligation to show himself in every respect a good citizen; for after all, the way he can best do his duty by the ancient order to which he belongs is by reflecting credit upon that order by way in which he performs his duty as a citizen of the United States.