Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare

Speak softly, I'm getting my massage.

Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.

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

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

It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and hardy qualities of body and mind, for the lack of which no merely negative virtue can ever atone.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today.