America was born a Christian nation.

I confess my belief in the common man.... The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.... The man who is in the melee knows what blows are being struck and what blood is being drawn.

The westward march has stopped, upon the final plains of the Pacific; and now the plot thickenswith the change, the pause, the settlement, our people draw into closer groups, stand face to face, to know each other and be known.

No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation.

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.

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

Americanism consists in utterly believing in the principles of America.