A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Silent strength is the quality of all good men and most mummies.

Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests of cotton and slavery threatened our political integrity before the Civil War, so now the great special business interests too often control and corrupt the men and methods of government for their own profit. We must drive the special interests out of politics.

The worst of all fears is the fear of living

Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense."... "We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.""The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.