As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.

Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.

That is the one thing in my public career that I regret--my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.

Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.

The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis," but the word "hypothesis," though euphonious, dignified and high-sounding, is merely a scientific synonym for the old-fashioned word "guess." If Darwin had advanced his views as a guess they would not have survived for a year, but they have floated for half a century, buoyed up by the inflated word "hypothesis." When it is understood that "hypothesis" means "guess," people will inspect it more carefully before accepting it.