To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest.

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 there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom - is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.

I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.

The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.