Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Society is a living organism and must obey the laws of life, not of mechanics; it must develop. All that progressives ask or desire is permission-in an era when 'development,' 'evolution,' is the scientific word-to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle; all they ask is recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine.

The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.

I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist's trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.

Where the great force lies, there must be the sanction of peace.

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.