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.

It is imperative to exercise over big business a control and supervision which is unnecessary as regards small business. All business must be conducted under the law, and all business men, big or little, must act justly. But a wicked big interest is necessarily more dangerous to the community than a wicked little interest. 'Big business' in the past has been responsible for much of the special privilege which must be unsparingly cut out of our national life.

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

From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.

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

No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.