The business of America is business..

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of liberty is makin….

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most o….

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but ….

Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibili….

No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.

A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an ins….

Do the day's work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to help a powerful corporation better to serve the pe….

Can those entrusted with the gravest authority set any example save that of the sternest obedience to the law?.

There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a….

Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because... they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attenti….

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight..

Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble..

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . ..

America has many glories. The last one that she would wish to surrender is the glory of the men who have served her in war. While such devotion lives….

No Congress of the United States ever assembled, on surveying the state of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which appears a….

They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an ….

The duties which a police officer owes to the state are of a most exacting nature. No one is compelled to choose the profession ofa police officer, b….

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country..

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you..

Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God..