Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper's that make an ordered life impossible.

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction

The trouble with the theory [of limited and divided government] is that government is not a machine, but a living thing. This is where the living and breathing constitution comes from. It is modified by its environment, necessitated by its tasks, shaped to its functions by the sheer pressure of life.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

Progressiveness means not standing still when everything else is moving.