Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

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

The weakling and the coward cannot be saved by honesty alone; but without honesty the brave and able man is merely a civic wild beast who should be hunted down by every lover of righteousness. No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.

I stand for the square deal. I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but that I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and of reward for equally good service.

What I have advocated is not wild radicalism. It is the highest and wisest kind of conservatism.

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

While President, I have been President - emphatically.