We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .

I sincerely hope that the incoming Congress will be alive, as it should be, to the importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging it in every way feasible. The possibility of increasing this trade in the Orient, in the Philippines, and in South America is known to everyone who has given the matter attention.

The real secrets of Masonry are never told, not even from mouth to ear. For the real secret of Masonry is spoken to your heart and from it to the heart of your brother. Never the language made for tongue may speak it, it is uttered only in the eye in those manifestations of that love which a man has for his friend, which passeth all other loves.

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

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.

If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won't then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.