When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.

We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.

What I am to be, I am becoming.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.