Political Quotes

I will accept the nomination for President if it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed its preference.

Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary.