Political Quotes

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

Shame on the man of cultivated taste who permits refinement to develop into a fastidiousness that unfits him for doing the rough work of a workaday world.

Every special interest is entitled to justice—full, fair, and complete—and, now, mind you, if there were any attempt by mob-violence to plunder and work harm to the special interest, whatever it may be, that I most dislike, and the wealthy man, whomsoever he may be, for whom I have the greatest contempt, I would fight for him, and you would if you were worth your salt.

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.