I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.

We shall make mistakes; and if we let these mistakes frighten us from our work we shall show ourselves weaklings.

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in lotteries or on the race track and gambling in the stock market. One method is just pernicious to the body politic as the other kind.

What I am to be, I am becoming.

With self-discipline, all things are possible

Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.