Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"It is not important, perhaps, that the United States should in parting with these lands realize their value, but it is essential, I think, that favoritism should have no part in connection with the sa..."

"If proper penalties were imposed by law and a few convictions thereunder secured, I do not doubt that much waste of our forests would be prevented."

"A general proposition to erect public buildings at this scale of expense in cities of the size of Tuscaloosa would not, I am sure, receive the sanction of Congress."

"His was 'the arduous greatness of things done.'"