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

Death by violence, death by cold, death by starvation - they are the normal endings of the stately creatures of the wilderness. The sentimentalists who prattle about the peaceful life of nature do not realize its utter mercilessness.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the insistence upon individual rights.

The lunatic fringe in all reform movements.

I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.

The great man is always the man of mighty effort.