A leader is an average, everyday person who is highly motivated.

The best lesson that any people can learn is that there is no patent cure-all which will make the body politic perfect, and that any man who is able glibly to answer every question as to how to deal with the evils of the body politic is at best a foolish visionary and at worst an evil-minded quack.

The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.

We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources ... But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil and the gas are exhausted.

In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.