When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena..who errs, who comes short again and again; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who spends himself in a worthy cause.

We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

The biggest corporation, like the humblest private citizen, must be held to strict compliance with the will of the people as expressed in the fundamental law.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.

I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.