Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.

The public must retain control of the great waterways. It is essential that any permit to obstruct them for reasons and on conditions that seem good at the moment should be subject to revision when changed conditions demand.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.