It is a wicked thing to be neutral between right and wrong.

If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

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.

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.