Almost every man who has by his life-work added to the sum of human achievement of which the race is proud, of which our people are proud, almost every such man has based his life-work largely upon the teachings of the Bible

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

The immigrant must not be allowed to drift or to be put at the mercy of the exploiter. Our object is not to imitate one of the older racial types, but to maintain a new American type and then to secure loyalty to this type. We cannot secure such loyalty unless we make this a country where men shall feel that they have justice and also where they shall feel that they are required to perform the duties imposed upon them.

There must be no division by class hatred, whether this hatred be that of creed against creed, nationality against nationality, section against section, or men of one social or industrial condition against men of another social and industrial condition. We must ever judge each individual on his own conduct and merits, and not on his membership in any class, whether that class be based on theological, social, or industrial considerations.

We shall make mistakes; and if we let these mistakes frighten us from our work we shall show ourselves weaklings.

The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.

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