There is no legislation--I care not what it is--tariff, railroads, corporations, or of a general political character, that all equals in importance the putting of our banking and currency system on the sound basis proposed in the National Monetary Commission plan.

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.

There is not a subject in which I take a deeper interest than I do in the development of Alaska, and I propose, if Congress will follow by recommendations, to do something in that territory that will make it move on.

The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.

The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.

I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?

Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.