A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

The Constitution guarantees protection to property, and we must make that promise good. But it does not give the right of suffrage to any corporation. It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced.

Every special interest is entitled to justice - full, fair, and complete... but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress, to a voice on the bench, or to representation in any public office.

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

We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.