The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.

I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance and one night late it came to me this way. We could not leave (the Philippines) to themselves-they were unfit for self-government-and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was. There was nothing left for us to do but take them all and educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them.

I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.

Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.

The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.

I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.

We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.