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

The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.

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.

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.

A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet.

Let us live in the harness, striving mightily.

It's not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done better.