The man who lives simply, and justly, and honor ably, whether rich or poor, is a good citizen.

The more one studies the problems of life and of civilization the more one realizes the infinitely greater importance of the man than of his physical surroundings.

The true line of cleavage lies between good citizen and bad citizen.

If he won't try to walk himself he is not worth carrying.

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether, in the long run, it works more damage than softness of head.

Each of us, unless he is contented to be a cumberer of the earth's surface, must strive to do his life-work with his whole heart.

We have got to do it somehow, and I ask that all men stand shoulder to shoulder as Americans to see that they do it well.

That is how the victory comes.

Our honor at home, our honor in domestic and internal affairs, is at all times in our own keeping, and depends simply upon the possession of an awakened public conscience.

In the army you developed two or three or half a dozen great geniuses.

We have many external problems to solve, but our internal problems are, of course, more serious.

The Monroe Doctrine is simply a statement of our very firm belief that on this continent the nations now existing here must be left to work out their own destinies among themselves and that the continent is not longer to be regarded as colonizing ground for any European power.

We need good laws, good constitutions, and upright and honest administration of the laws.

We should not be here if it were not for them, but their exercise has caused great questions to rise in our national life.

Government by the majority in Congress had practically come to a stop when Mr. Reed became Speaker.

We are all of us apt to get to talking and thinking of the nation and the state as abstractions.

If we have not got in us the lift toward righteousness, the lift toward something better than material needs, prosperity will be a curse instead of a blessing.

Rifles now instead of bows then, but the man behind the rifle is more important than the rifle itself.