When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.

The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.

Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.