We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.

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

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity. Gross and reckless assaults on character, whether on the stump or in newspaper, magazine, or book, create a morbid and vicious public sentiment, and at the same time act as a profound deterrent to able men of normal sensitiveness and tend to prevent them from entering the public service at any price.

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.