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

There is a delight in the hardy life of the open.

In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.

He [Lincoln] had mastered it {the Bible] absolutely...mastered it so that he became almost 'a man of one Book', who knew that Book and who instinctively put into practice what he had been taught therein.

The public must retain control of the great waterways. It is essential that any permit to obstruct them for reasons and on conditions that seem good at the moment should be subject to revision when changed conditions demand.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action.