The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.

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

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home.

For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know

We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.