The things I never say never get me into trouble..

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones..

It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention….

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion..

At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, ….

When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions..

Silence can never be misquoted..

It has become the custom in our country to expect all Chief Executives, from the President down, to conduct activities analogous to an entertainment ….

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself..

I always enjoy animal acts..

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten..

There are racial considerations too grave to be brushed aside for any sentimental reasons. Biological laws tell us that certain divergent people will….

Civilization and profit go hand in hand..

We do not need to import any foreign economic ideas or any foreign government. We had better stick to the American brand of government, the American ….

The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, howe….

Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important and th….

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more..

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery..

I should be very sorry to see the United States holding anyone in confinement on account of any opinion that that person might hold. It is a fundamen….

The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good..

Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Ame….