Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?

No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.

I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.

You, the sons of the pioneers, if you are true to your ancestry, must make your lives as worthy as they made theirs. They sought for true success, and therefore they did not seek ease. They knew that success comes only to those who lead the life of endeavor

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

The United States does not have a choice as to whether or not is will or will not play a great part in the world. Fate has made that choice for us. The only question is whether we will play the part well or badly.