Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.

...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

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

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.

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself.

The right is more precious than peace.

Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are.