No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.

The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.

I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

Perhaps the most incapable Executive that ever filled the presidential chair...it would be difficult to imagine a man less fit to guide the state with honor and safety through the stormy times that marked the opening of the present century.