A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the Bible.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

Every special interest is entitled to justice - full, fair, and complete... but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress, to a voice on the bench, or to representation in any public office.

The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity. Gross and reckless assaults on character, whether on the stump or in newspaper, magazine, or book, create a morbid and vicious public sentiment, and at the same time act as a profound deterrent to able men of normal sensitiveness and tend to prevent them from entering the public service at any price.

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

Where a trust becomes a monopoly the state has an immediate right to interfere.