In advocating any measure we must consider not only its justice but its practicability.
There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck-rake.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings.
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.
Give the brethren a chance to do something, anything, no matter how small or unimportant. A brother convinced that he is helpful is enthusiastic.
The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.