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

The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.

It is imperative that we should not only master them, but also act upon them, and act very definitely.

God knows that any man who would seek the presidency of the United States is a fool for his pains. The burden is all but intolerable, and the things that I have to do are just as much as the human spirit can carry.

The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other.

The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.

Americanism consists in utterly believing in the principles of America.