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

I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope - the door of opportunity - is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.

Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.

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

The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

Just as you believe you may have already halfway there