No people ever yet benefited by riches if their prosperity corrupted their virtue.

I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot — but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.

Give the brethren a chance to do something, anything, no matter how small or unimportant. A brother convinced that he is helpful is enthusiastic.

I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

No man can do both effective and decent work in public life unless he is a practical politician on the one hand, and a sturdy believer in Sunday-school politics on the other. He must always strive manfully for the best, and yet, like Abraham Lincoln, must often resign himself to accept the best possible.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.