It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare

There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in lotteries or on the race track and gambling in the stock market. One method is just pernicious to the body politic as the other kind.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.