My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

The presidential office is not a rosewater affair. This is an office in which a man must put on his war paint.

I do not want to live under a philanthropy. I do not want to be taken care of by the government.... We do not want a benevolent government. We want a free and a just government.

The facts of the case will always have the better of [an] argument.

I have sometimes heard men say politics must have nothing to do with business, and I have often wished that business had nothing to do with politics.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.