A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.

From time to time, little men will find fault with what you have done...but they will go down the stream like bubbles, they will vanish. But the work you have done will remain for the ages.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.

All that the law can do is to shape things so that no injustice shall be done by one to the other, and that each man shall be given the first chance to show the stuff that is in him.

Property belongs to man and not man to property.

Materially we must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all men, so that each shall have a better chance to show the stuff of which he is made.