I must be wanting to be President. Every young man does. But I won't let myself think of it; I must not, because if I do, I will begin to work for it; I'll be careful, calculating, cautious in word and act, and so - I'll beat myself.

If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more.

I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

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

It is time for us now as a nation to exercise the same reasonable foresight in dealing with our great natural resources that would be shown by any prudent man in conserving and widely using the property which contains the assurance of well-being for himself and his children.

A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.