To hell with the Constitution when people want coal!

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

The important thing is this: that, under such government recognition as we may give to that which is beneficent and wholesome in large business organizations, we shall be most vigilant never to allow them to crystallize into a condition which shall make private initiative difficult. It is of the utmost importance that in the future we shall keep the broad path of opportunity just as open and easy for our children as it was for our fathers during the period which has been the glory of America's industrial history.

When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there shall be no crookedness in the dealing.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

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

I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.