I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

Silent strength is the quality of all good men and most mummies.

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.

I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary.

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.

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare.

We have room but for one Language here and that is the English Language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans of American nationality and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house.