I want, on behalf of this nation, the peace that comes not to the coward, who cringes for it, but the peace of the just ...
One thing that, as President of this country, I won't do, is to make a bluff that I can't make good.
In my judgment it should do not only more, but very much more.
I accept it with pleasure.
Now we know but one rivalry—the rivalry to see which of us can do the most for the flag of a united country.
I thank you not only for the words which accompany it, but for the spirit which lies behind the words.
All I had to do was to be able to show them that any measure was for the country's good and I knew they would stand for ...
I don't say anything unless I mean it.
When a man is President, when he holds any public office, questions of merely partisan character sink into absolute insi...
But if he is rich and crooked hold it against him; if not rich but is crooked, then hold it against him.
Treat each man according to his worth as a man.
I have a great respect for a good man, and the only one I have greater respect for is a good woman.
we have a right to expect a peculiar quantity and quality of the service to the public
The average American is a pretty good fellow.
The country will be all right if the average man is decent and clean in his home life.
I am just a trifle more intent on punishing the Republican offender than the Democrat, because he is my own scoundrel.
The poor man who is true to you is the ultimately righteous, and the man who will steal for you will steal from you.
Hold it not against him that he is either rich or poor.
