We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which becomes at the White House is more in keeping with the temperament, but when taken into consideration that I go into history as President, and my children and my children's children are the better placed on account of that fact, I am inclined to think that to be President well compensates one for all the trials and criticisms he has to bear and undergo.

As a people, we have the problem of making our forests outlast this generation, or iron outlast this century, and our coal the next; not merely as a matter of convenience or comfort, but as a matter of stern necessity.

We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run a police force.

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.

I don't know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship.