"I think it would be the best plan, so far as I can judge, to proceed to do this work in accordance with the present law; that is, through the War Department, the Chief of the Bureau of Engineers, and ..."
"It seems to me that the decision about that would be this—that this is something that the United States Government ought to do."
"In a republic the field which is open to the press as an instrument of clean and sound government is limitless."
"It is perhaps stating the obvious to say that the press should be patriotic."
"Publicity is not only the main agency of reform, it is likewise the main agency of prevention."
"In no small degree you are the keepers of the public conscience."
"One of the strongest safeguards of the integrity of official action is publicity."
"Nor have I any information on any supposed desire of President [sic] Hoover to stay in or leave the Cabinet."
"I haven't any information of any developments as to negotiations between the United States and France for a treaty to outlaw war, other than what has already been given to the press, our general posit..."
"No evidence has come to me that the next Treasury surplus will be in excess of the $252,540,000 that has already been made public."
"Nearly everyone connects them with economy in Government expenditures. But that is not the real answer."
"If it is not worth working for, then I do not know anything that is worth working for."