We can no more and no less afford to condone evil in the man of capital than evil in the man of no capital.

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

The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.

In other words, character is far more important than intellect to the race as to the individual. We need intellect, and there is no reason why we should not have it together with character; but if we must choose between the two we choose character without a moment's hesitation.

There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in lotteries or on the race track and gambling in the stock market. One method is just pernicious to the body politic as the other kind.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a people with such responsibilities.

It is, of course, the merest truism to say a party is of use only so far as it serves the nation.