The immigrant must not be allowed to drift or to be put at the mercy of the exploiter. Our object is not to imitate one of the older racial types, but to maintain a new American type and then to secure loyalty to this type. We cannot secure such loyalty unless we make this a country where men shall feel that they have justice and also where they shall feel that they are required to perform the duties imposed upon them.

Although not a very old man, I have yet lived a great deal in my life, and I have known sorrow too bitter and joy too keen to allow me to become either cast down or elated for more than a very brief period over any success or defeat.

The worst of all fears is the fear of living

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Unrestrained greed means the ruin of the great woods and the drying up of the sources of the rivers.

In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!