We respect the son of a worthy father if he feels that the fact that his father did well makes it incumbent upon him to strive to do better.
Government supervision is needed quite as much in the interest of the big shipper and of the railroad man who want to do right as in the int...
The man who would teach either wage worker or capitalist that the other is his foe is a bad citizen and a faithless American.
The thing to do is to find out what is worth doing, and do it.
The man who fails to be honest and brave both in his political franchise and in his private business contributes to political and social ana...
Only a heroic people could have battled successfully against the conditions with which the people of the South found themselves face to face...
It is idle to try to prevent such combinations. Our efforts should be to see that they work for the good and not for the harm of the body po...
I felt what a privilege it is that I, as an American, have in claiming that you yourselves have no more right of kinship in Lee and Jackson ...
Think of it, oh, my countrymen, think of the good fortune that is ours!
Self-government is not too easy a thing.
Our voice must be effective for peace because it is raised for righteousness first and for peace only as the handmaiden of righteousness.
We are no longer New Yorkers or New Englanders, Pennsylvanians or Virginians; we are Americans
This Government was formed with as its basic idea the principle of treating each man on his worth as a man.
A man would indeed be but a poor American who could without a thrill witness the way in which, in city after city in the North as in the Sou...
We have duties to perform both abroad and at home, and we can not shirk either set of duties and fully retain our self-respect.
The proud self-sacrifice, the resolute and daring courage, the high and steadfast devotion to the right as each man saw it, whether Northern...
The only rivalry that ever entered their heads was rivalry as to which man could show himself best entitled to the praise of having done all...
Our aim must be to deal justice to each man; no more and no less.
