Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to be stunted, if there is to be room for healthy growth.

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.

I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

One of the fundamental necessities in a representative government such as ours is to make certain that the men to whom the people delegate their power shall serve the people by whom they are elected, and not the special interests. I believe that every national officer, elected or appointed, should be forbidden to perform any service or receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, from interstate corporations; and a similar provision could not fail to be useful within the States.

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