No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

To have acted otherwise ... would have been the betrayal of the interests of the United States.

The Constitution guarantees protection to property, and we must make that promise good. But it does not give the right of suffrage to any corporation. It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

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.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.