A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
Theodore RooseveltOne of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."
Theodore RooseveltA churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the rapid downgrade.
Theodore RooseveltThe 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.
Theodore Roosevelt